Brady Tkachuk addresses White House's 'clearly fake' AI video showing him insulting Canadians

Brady Tkachuk has recovered himself successful a alternatively awkward position.

Days aft crushing the hearts of Canadians by helping the United States triumph a golden medal implicit their bluish neighbors, Tkachuk is present backmost with his Senators, who play successful Canada's superior of Ottawa, for a playoff push.

A TikTok posted by the White House astir apt didn't assistance matters, arsenic it featured footage of Tkachuk's league astatine a 4 Nations crippled past twelvemonth that was AI-doctored to marque it look arsenic if helium spoke disparagingly of Canada and its citizens.

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Brady Tkachuk of Team United States celebrates aft winning the golden medal during the Men's Gold Medal lucifer betwixt Canada and the United States connected time 16 of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.  (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images)

"They booed our nationalist anthem, truthful I had to travel retired and thatch those maple syrup-eating f---- a lesson," Tkachuk is made to say. Tkachuk and his brother, Matthew, were portion of 3 fights successful 9 seconds against Canada past year.

Tkachuk celebrated his golden medal successful Washington, D.C., but was not pleased with the video.

"Well, it's intelligibly fake, due to the fact that it's not my voice, not my lips moving. I'm not successful power of immoderate of those accounts. I cognize that those words would ne'er travel retired of my mouth. So, I can't bash thing astir it," Tkachuk told reporters connected Thursday up of his NHL return, via ESPN.

When asked if helium enjoyed the video, helium echoed his sentiments.

United States' Brady Tkachuk (top) fights Canada's Sam Bennett (9) during archetypal play 4 Nations Face-Off hockey enactment successful Montreal connected Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.  (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

"It's not my voice. It's not what I was saying," helium added. "I would ne'er accidental that. That's not who I am, truthful I conjecture I don't similar that video due to the fact that that would ne'er travel retired of my mouth, and ne'er had that thought."

The White House did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

Some person besides accused Tkachuk of saying, "Close the bluish border" portion connected the telephone with President Donald Trump aft the squad won gold.

"I've been seeing worldly that radical deliberation it's me. But if you ticker the video, it's not my dependable oregon thing that I ne'er say," Tkachuk said. "I don't cognize however that took a tempest connected its ain erstwhile I springiness everything I person here.

"It's brainsick erstwhile things spell connected societal media, however accelerated they go. I would ne'er accidental thing similar that."

Brady Tkachuk (7) of Team United States and Matthew Tkachuk (19) of Team United States observe aft their crippled against Team Canada during the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)

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Tkachuk volition play arsenic a subordinate of the location squad successful Canada connected Thursday astatine 7 p.m. against the Detroit Red Wings.

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