Pat McAfee, who called Canada a “terrible country” during WWE’s elimination room event On Saturday evening in Toronto, the neighbor of the United States in the North continued to sound on Monday.
McAfee knew the Canadians publicly on fire on Saturday evening after the American national anthem was booed – a common events at sporting events that recently followed the rhetoric “51st state” by President Donald Trump.
“This is the most stacked elimination room that the WWE has ever had,” said McAfee on the pay-per-view broadcast. “A little sucks that it is in the terrible land of Canada that our national anthem has spoken to start this whole thing.”
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Pat McAfee comes in the arena during the WWE Royal Rumble in the Alamodome. (Joe Camporeal-usa Today Sports)
McAfee was ridiculed for his comments and stated on his “The Pat McAfee show” that he saw “the terrible things that were said about me”.
But that did not stop McAfee from explaining why he said what he said – and he is still there.
“Now, Canada, Listen, there are some things to me from the Canadians told me that I respect because the passion you have for your country – which I hope you understand I showed the same for mine,” explained McAfee in the show. “You booed my country.”
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McAfee said the Rogers center was very loud with its anger during the national anthem.
Pat McAfee during Wrestlemania Night 1 in Sofi Stadium. (Joe Camporeal-usa Today Sports)
“I now understand from the Canadians that they have much more passion for their country than I could have imagined. Many terrible things are said about me, and I understand it,” McAfee continued.
“I didn’t say Canadians were terrible. I said you were land. You hired us. I said you were terrible. Let’s shake hands and continue. I still love Canadians … I hope it settles. “
McAfee also posted on X after seeing the return he received for his comments.
“I am very proud and grateful that I come from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America … Canadians have a lot of passion for their country and I understand … you have stuck our country and I said you are terrible …” McAfee wrote In his post.
The 4 countries of the NHL face-off is where the angry was first heard because Team USA was confronted with Team Canada in Montreal after President Trump threatened heavy rates for goods from the country and called them the ’51st state’.
Pat McAfee appears during the WWE Fastlane Pro Wrestling event on Saturday 7 October 2023 in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Imagn)
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also answered, which led to a public feud that leaked in a hockey pyriveness between fans and players.
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