Canadian pop star Tate McRae responds to fan backlash over Team USA support in Olympics ad

Canadian-born popular prima Tate McRae doubled down connected her roots aft fans were near outraged connected societal media by her enactment of Team USA successful a caller advertisement promoting the Milan Cortina Olympics and Super Bowl LX. 

McRae, who was calved successful Calgary, Alberta, appeared to intensify the sporting rivalry betwixt Canada and the U.S. erstwhile she appeared successful an advertisement for NBC. In the clip, shared connected Instagram with her 9 cardinal followers, McRae expressed excitement astir gathering U.S. athletes, including Olympic golden medalist Lindsey Vonn.

Lindsey Vonn competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women’s downhill astatine the Prampero Slope connected Monte Lussari. The lawsuit took spot successful Tarvisio, Italy, connected Jan. 17, 2026. (Mattia Ozbot/Getty Images)

"I'm trying to get to Milan for an astonishing opening ceremonial and conscionable Team USA," she said successful the ad. "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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Amid rising governmental tensions betwixt the 2 borderline nations – which made their mode to the sporting satellite during the 4 Nations Face-Off, McRae’s enactment for Team USA did not look to beryllium good with Canadians, who called her a "traitor" among different things.

But McRae took to societal media to respond to the backlash, and possibly uncover wherever her loyalties genuinely lie. 

McRae posted a puerility representation of herself holding the Canadian emblem with a caption that read, "... y’all cognize I’m Canada down." 

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But not everyone connected societal media appeared to judge McRae’s response. 

"Yeah, no. Her saying ‘Y'all’ says otherwise," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X. 

Tate McRae performs onstage during the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival astatine T-Mobile Arena. The show took spot successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected Sept. 19, 2025. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

"Well past wherefore enactment the US team? Sometimes it is important to enactment your ain state and not conscionable spell for the wealth and particularly during times similar this," different added. 

"Damage control," different effect read.

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Backlash implicit McRae’s advertisement acceptable the signifier for escalating tensions betwixt the U.S. and Canada.

Most precocious successful the skeleton competition, galore Americans stay 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.

Katie Uhlaender (U.S.) competes successful the women’s skeleton lawsuit astatine the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games astatine the Olympic Sliding Center successful Pyeongchang, South Korea, connected Feb. 17, 2018. (James Lang/USA TODAY Sports)

Fox News Digital’s Jackson Thompson contributed to this report. 

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