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Canadian singer JP Saxe was savaged by fans online over his 'embarrassing' national anthem rendition before Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night.
As the Toronto Blue Jays prepared to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in California, Saxe received the honor of performing 'O Canada' on the field ahead of the MLB showpiece.
However, the Grammy-nominated artist - who was born in Toronto but lives in LA - failed to impress fans who fiercely criticized his vocals and accused him of 'f***ing up' the lyrics.
Instead of singing the traditional lyric 'Our home and native land,' he appeared to swap it for 'Our home on native land' much to the frustration of Canadian viewers.
'Shockingly embarrassing. Canada has a plethora of better singers that would've represented us properly,' one user brutally claimed on X.
'Im an American, and that was the WORST rendition of the Canadian Anthem I've ever heard!! MLB owes the Canadians an apology,' said another.
Canadian singer JP Saxe was savaged by fans over his World Series national anthem rendition
Shockingly embarrassing. Canada has a plethora of better singers that would've represented us properly.
— Donna L. Byers Visual Artist/Author🎨🌊🇨🇦💙⚖ (@D_ByersArtist) October 28, 2025he does not represent canada, we don’t claim him
— 𝐌𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐬 (@StickzNPuck) October 28, 2025A third joked after the exhausting battle that played out between the Blue Jays and the Dodgers: '18 innings in and my ears were still bleeding.'
'Brutal. And he f***ed up the beginning. On behalf of Canada and in true fashion. I’m sorry,' posted a fourth.
While one simply concluded: 'he does not represent canada, we don’t claim him'.
Saxe, who first broke through with his 2019 Grammy-nominated track 'If the World Was Ending', posted a video on Instagram of himself dancing on the field hours before his controversial performance and wrote: 'oh Canada?'
He also shared a clip of himself swinging a microphone like a bat with the caption: 'Can the singer pinch hit?'
After Saxe's national anthem controversy, the Dodgers went on to win one of the most epic games in World Series history on Monday night, claiming a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays in the bottom of the 18th inning.
Freddie Freeman finally hit a 406-foot walk-off home run after a mammoth game that lasted six hours and 39 minutes and matched the longest innings in World Series history to spark wild celebrations among Dodgers fans.
Victory gives LA, the reigning World Series champions, a 2-1 advantage going into Game 4 on Tuesday.
