U.S. Hockey Gold Medalist Reacts After White House Posts AI Video Of Him Calling Canadians 'Maple Syrup-Eating F**ks'

U.S ice hockey gold medalist Brady Tkachuk condemned an AI video posted by the White House this week that depicted him insulting Canadians.

“They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup-eating fucks a lesson,” Tkachuk, who is captain of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, appears to say in the video posted on the White House TikTok account.

The video amassed over 11 million views and racked up comments that also disparaged Canada.

“It’s clearly fake, because it’s not my voice, and not my lips moving,” the real Tkachuk told a gaggle of reporters Thursday ahead of the game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Canadian Tire Centre.

“I mean, I’m not in control of any of those accounts and yeah, so I know that those words would never come out of my mouth, so I can’t do anything about it,” he continued.