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Canadian pride runs deep \u2014 although some fans believe that isn\u2019t the case for the pop star Tate McRae.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old \u201cNobody\u2019s Girl\u201d singer appeared in a U.S. Olympics promotional video for NBC on Tuesday, and her Canadian fans were quick to question her decision to team up with Team USA, considering that she\u2019s from Calgary.<\/p>\n
The 45-second promo<\/a> sees McRae at the top of a mountain in the Italian Alps, where she asks an owl for directions to Milan for the opening ceremony<\/a>. She goes on to gush about the weekend\u2019s most anticipated moments \u2014 like the U.S. figure skating team\u2019s pursuit of gold and American alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn\u2019s triumphant return to the sport at 41<\/a>. At one point in the clip, McRae says that she\u2019s excited to meet Team USA.<\/p>\n On social media, her appearance in the Team USA spot ran into backlash from Canadian fans who told the \u201ccanadian princess<\/a>\u201d she should \u201cremember your roots<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTate McRae doing a promo for NBC and Team USA for the Olympics and not Canada has me a bit sad but okay,\u201d a user on X wrote<\/a>, while another found camaraderie with the owl<\/a> in the promo, writing, \u201ceven the owl was GAGGED girl.\u201d<\/p>\n Other Canadians are taking potshots at McRae\u2019s home province of Alberta<\/a>, describing her \u201cselling out for usa\u201d the \u201cmost albertan thing she could do to be fair.\u201d Another added<\/a>, \u201cshes literally albertan guys lock in theyre crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n The online discourse seems playful enough, although some users are calling out McRae\u2019s support of Team USA as especially tone-deaf, given the rising tensions between Canada and the United States, and the Trump administration\u2019s continued anti-immigration crackdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery year I feel more valid in my dislike of her. Girl why are you advertising for the USA team after that country threatened to annex your actual home country of Canada? Traitor shit,\u201d one user wrote on X<\/a>. Another added<\/a>, \u201cNot the Canadian born and raised girl, promoting Team USA and wearing all red, given the state of the USA and everything Trump has said about Canada\u2026 I guess a paycheque is a paycheque?\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cRevolving Door\u201d singer, who\u2019s also rumored to be dating Team USA hockey player Jack Hughes, relocated to Los Angeles when she was just 17 to pursue a career in music. During a concert soundcheck in June 2025, McRae told fans that California feels more like home<\/a> to her than Calgary.<\/p>\n \u201cCanada doesn\u2019t feel like home anymore, which is weird,\u201d she said. \u201cNot like the country but just like the Calgary, where I\u2019m from, feels a little less homey than LA.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say that McRae doesn\u2019t like visiting her hometown. While chatting with Yahoo Canada<\/a> in 2023, she revealed that she goes back to Calgary during the holidays, where she\u2019s surrounded by \u201creally good people.\u201d McRae also remains a dedicated fan of the city\u2019s NHL team, the Calgary Flames, and was recently spotted at one of their games.<\/p>\n \u201cI do believe that Canadians are just genuinely, really, really good people,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I come home, it’s always very refreshing to be around very normal, down-to-earth people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n