- American ice hockey star Brady Tkachuk has strongly denied a doctored TikTok video, shared by the White House, which falsely showed him disparaging Canadians.
- Tkachuk labelled the video "clearly fake," stating the audio was not his voice and the words would "never come out of his mouth."
- He also clarified that he was not the one heard shouting "close the northern border" during the US team's celebratory call with US President Donald Trump.
- The controversy has overshadowed the historic double gold medal victory for both the US men's and women's ice hockey teams at the Winter Olympics.
- Despite the incident, Tkachuk affirmed his pride in representing the US while also honoring his role as captain of the Ottawa Senators.
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