Pat McAfee Addresses Comments Towards Canada At WWE Elimination Chamber

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Pat McAfee has addressed his reaction to Toronto booing the American national anthem at WWE Elimination Chamber.

The Elimination Chamber event took place at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, and the show got underway with a singing of both the Canadian and American national anthems.

The crowd in Toronto booed the American national anthem, which came to the dismay of Pat McAfee, who called the country terrible multiple times throughout the show after booing the anthem, which got a lot of backlash from fans.

Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show, Pat addressed his comments towards Canada at the Elimination Chamber, and calling the country terrible for booing the anthem, offering to just ‘shake hands’.

He said:

“There have been some things said to me from Canadians that I guess I respect because of the passion that you have for your country. I hope you understand that I was showing the same for mine. You booed my country. During the National Anthem at the Rogers Center, overwhelming and very loud boo. First reaction whenever the National Anthem starts up there is for some of these Canadians to start booing. What? Okay. My entire life, my first reaction whenever someone starts booing the National Anthem is, ‘F**k you.’

“Anytime I’ve ever heard someone boo the National Anthem, my natural reaction is, ‘Let’s fight.’ A lot of Canadians have told me, ‘Why don’t you do a little investigating on why we are booing. Did you hear what your President said?’ Okay, I understand there are political differences at the current moment between us and Canada. I feel like, anytime I think of Canada, I don’t think about what Justin Trudeau does. I don’t think immediately of his decisions or what Canada is doing in the political sphere. I think of Gumpy, I think of poutine, of the magical times I had at Niagara Falls as a teenager.

“I understand, now, from the Canadians that they have a lot more passion for their country than I could have ever imagined. A lot of terrible things have been said about me and I understand it. You boo my country, I called your country terrible, let’s shake hands. You said you didn’t boo every citizen of the United States, I didn’t say Canadians were terrible, I said your country was. You booed us, I said you’re terrible, let’s shake hands and move along. I still love Canadians. My first reaction when you boo our country is, ‘Let’s fight.’ I’m sorry. Let’s shake hands.”

The Elimination Chamber event was capped off by the heel turn of John Cena, and Cena has since commented for the first time since his turn.

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