Nobody retreats from Canada. It’s like waving a white flag to the “Cheese-eating surrender monkeys” in France. And yet, here we are, as Pat McAfee gave a backhanded apology to Canadian wrestling fans.
You may recall McAfee hammering the crowd at WWE’s Elimination Chamber for booing the national anthem.
“It kind of sucks that it’s in the terrible country of Canada that booed our national anthem to start this entire thing,” he said.
Where was he wrong? First, nobody actually wants to be in Canada for a sporting event unless they’re handing out free maple syrup at intermission.
Second, these fans disrespected the “Star Spangled Banner” and are thus open to criticism.
These are the MOST STACKED Elimination Chambers that the WWE has EVER had..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 2, 2025
THEY BOOED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM TO START THIS ENTIRE THING..
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HISTORIC NIGHT #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/jy8cAYHftd
Pat McAfee Is Super Sore-y
Instead of just rolling with it, Pat McAfee felt he had to publicly acknowledge the Canadian fans and apologize. Sort of. Well, more like a clarification as to where his comments were being aimed.
“I understand, now, from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have imagined,” he said. “A lot of terrible things have been said about me, and I understand it.”
Then, in typical heel fashion, McAfee hit them with a reality check.
“I didn’t say Canadians were terrible. I said your country was. You booed us. I said you were terrible. Let’s shake hands and move along,” he said. “I still love Canadians… I hope it gets settled.”
‘I didn’t say you were terrible, just your entire country.’ Ha! Classic.
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I'm very proud and thankful that I'm from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America..
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 3, 2025
Canadians have a lot of passion for their country and I understand it..
You booed our country and I said you're terrible..
Let's shake hands and move along 🤝 #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/pG4mvl9jVi
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Why Is This Guy Always Apologizing?
Actually, Pat McAfee’s long-winded rant is a little embarrassing. He is definitely trying to apologize for his comments after the national anthem dust-up, but it seems he‘s always apologizing.
Remember when he had to issue an apology and groveling text messages to Caitlin Clark after attempting to praise her in commentary on his show? McAfee, speaking theoretically as one of Clark’s detractors, used the term “white b—-.”
Monday's Pat McAfee Show opened with a Caitlin Clark PowerPoint:
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 3, 2024
"I would like the media people that continue to say, 'This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class'. Nah, just call it for what it is — there's one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar." pic.twitter.com/psGNQXts5O
Nobody knows why he worded it that way, but McAfee had to quickly tuck his tail and walk back the comments.
Then there was the time he pulled Aaron Rodgers from his show after the Super Bowl-winning quarterback made a benign comment about Jimmy Kimmel and the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
“We live in a country that has freedom of speech, but you’re going to have to deal with consequences of your freedom of speech,” McAfee lectured like a rube.
McAfee had Rodgers on his show the very next day.
Back to what matters – There’s no need to apologize to Canada. If they can’t show basic respect during the national anthem, they should be ridiculed far and wide.
They’re also responsible for Justin Bieber and Bryan Adams, so there’s that.
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