Brady Tkachuk decries White House’s AI video of him insulting Canadians after US gold
US ice hockey star Brady Tkachuk has said he does not appreciate an AI video released by the White House that shows him insulting Canadians. Tkachuk played in the Americans’ victory over Canada at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, which secured the US men their first gold medal since 1980. In the wake of that win, the White House’s TikTok account published video of Tkachuk saying: “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating fuckers a lesson.” Tkachuk never said those wor…
An AI-generated video published by the White House falsely depicted US hockey player Brady Tkachuk insulting Canadians, amassing over 10 million views and forcing him to publicly disavow it.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-02-26
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0318, v1: “Brady Tkachuk decries White House’s AI video of him insulting Canadians after US gold.” Truvace, 2026-07-20. /record/TRV-2026-0318 (accessed at citation time). sha256 66348bd94913b9e6…
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