Canadian-born singer Tate McRae sparks fury after backing Team USA in Olympics ad: ‘Traitor’

Canadian-born popular vocalist Tate McRae appeared successful an NBC advertisement for the Milan Cortina Olympics, successful which she expressed enactment for Team USA. McRae was calved successful Calgary, Alberta, successful 2003 and attended precocious schoolhouse successful the country. However, she has made her euphony vocation successful the U.S.

In the ad, McRae speaks to an owl, asking however to get to Milan. She expresses excitement implicit watching American athletes, including Lindsey Vonn, and closed it retired by hyping up America's Game, the Super Bowl. 

"I'm trying to get to Milan for an astonishing opening ceremonial and conscionable Team USA. Gonna walk the week with immoderate of America's champion skating for golden and Lindsey Vonn's epic comeback. And backmost to the states for the large game, Super Bowl LX," she said successful the commercial.

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McRae's enactment for the U.S. successful the advertisement prompted disapproval from Canadians crossed societal media. 

One idiosyncratic referenced President Donald Trump's erstwhile proposition that Canada go America's 51st state. 

"Every twelvemonth I consciousness much valid successful my dislike of her. Girl wherefore are you advertizing for the USA squad aft that state threatened to annex your existent location state of Canada? Traitor s---," the idiosyncratic wrote. 

One idiosyncratic wrote, "Not the Canadian calved and raised girl, promoting Team USA and wearing each red, fixed the authorities of the USA and everything Trump has said astir Canada… I conjecture a paycheque is simply a paycheque? This is truthful embarrassing." 

Tate McRae astatine the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards astatine the Dolby Theatre April 1, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images)

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "Tate McRae, who is from Calgary Alberta, is doing Olympic promos for Team USA... much similar ‘Trait McRator’ AMIRITE!"

Some Americans and Canadians person stood up for the ascendant popular prima successful the look of the backlash.

"Quote tweets are afloat of woke Canadians attacking her arsenic a traitor for promoting Team USA. Tate McRae is the exemplary immigrant. This is what assimilation looks like. She’s portion of our melting pot. Take your anti-American xenophobia elsewhere," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected a collage of the criticisms against McRae. 

Another idiosyncratic wrote, "Selling retired for usa is the astir albertan happening she could bash to beryllium fair."

Tensions betwixt the U.S. and Canada are historically higher than astatine the erstwhile Winter Olympics amid Trump's proposition to annex the state and the imposition of tariffs connected Canadian goods entering the U.S. past year. 

This year's Winter Games could spot fans of the 2 countries booing each other's nationalist anthems and imaginable fights successful hockey matches, arsenic seen during the NHL's 4 Nations Face Off past January. 

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Multiple athletes competing for the U.S. women's crystal hockey Olympic squad person said they are consenting to prosecute successful carnal combat with Canadian players if necessary. 

U.S. women's hockey prima Caroline Harvey said she is prepared to combat and adjacent perceive Canadians boo "The Star-Spangled Banner" astatine the Games. 

"It's expected, particularly playing Canada," Harvey told Fox News Digital of imaginable anthem booing astatine the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee media acme successful October. "They don't similar america precise much. So, it's much motivating than thing and, personally, it fuels the occurrence and makes america privation to, you know, bushed them much than ever.

"I don't similar them either. They're a respectable competitor. They're truthful bully and ever springiness america specified a hard game. It's truthful back-and-forth. But erstwhile we get successful the vigor of the moment, we conscionable ever combat and don't similar them. … It does get idiosyncratic astatine times."

Veteran teammate Kendall Coyne Schofield, the parent of a toddler and self-described "lover, not a fighter," told Fox News Digital successful October she would combat if the concern demands it. 

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"If I person to, I person to," she said. "And I wouldn't accidental I'm not a combatant successful the consciousness that I've fought for galore things successful life. But I would conscionable accidental successful general. Fighting is not a spot of my game. But if I'm retired there, and I person to, you know, assistance my teammates out, I will. But you won't find maine starting the fight, I tin archer you that."

In the skeleton competition, galore Americans are outraged implicit the lack of five-time Olympian Katie Uhlaender successful Milan Cortina, aft Team Canada was recovered to person manipulated an Olympic qualifier past period that prevented Uhlaender from being capable to gain capable points to marque this year's Winter Games. 

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