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'Deplorable' rendition of O Canada at World Series roasted online
Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe slammed for changing lyrics to anthem before Game 3 of Blue Jays-Dodgers series
Author of the article:Mark Daniell
Published Oct 27, 2025 • 3 minute read
JP Saxe sings the Canadian National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles
Singer and musician JP Saxe sings the Canadian National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles.
After going viral earlier this summer for cancelling his tour due to low ticket sales, JP Saxe is trending again thanks to his “horrible” rendition of O Canada ahead of Game 3 of the World Series.
The Grammy-nominated Toronto singer-songwriter was tapped to sing the Canadian national anthem Monday night at Dodgers Stadium. But his pitchy performance was immediately panned on social media with viewers at home trashing his voice and his decision to change some of the lyrics to the 145-year-old anthem.
“This was a fail,” one person wrote, while another added, “This is embarrassing for the MLB.”
“That man … butchered the f— out of a beautiful anthem,” a third person swiped.
Other commenters advised Saxe to “stay away” from the internet and “get off the field.”
Saxe also caught flak for changing the lyrics to O Canada, switching “our home and native land” to “our home on native land.”
“As soon as he said ‘Our home ON native land’ I switched it off!” one critic fumed, with a second adding, “This guy is not a true Canadian. He butchered our Anthem and injected woke bulls— into the lyrics. Absolutely deplorable.”
A third advised: “The thing about singing the anthem is that you don’t get to just make up the words & then do it that poorly.”
Saxe made headlines in August when he announced he was cancelling his North American tour due to low ticket sales. The musician, best known for his 2019 chart-topping hit If the World Was Ending with Julia Michaels, took to social media to say he needed to sell 20,000 tickets for the shows or he would have to pull the plug.
“Forty-eight hours … f— being cool about it, I don’t wanna cancel this s—,” said the caption to his TikTok video, which racked up 1.8 million views.
“If I don’t sell 20,000 tickets to my tour in the next 48 hours, it’s going to be cancelled. Just in case you were waiting until the week of or night of to buy a ticket, that approach just isn’t going to work because there won’t be a show to buy a ticket to.”
Saxe also told The Canadian Press: “We tried to keep the prices as low as we possibly could. (It’s) more than a movie ticket, but a hell of a lot less than going to the Rogers Centre to see the Weeknd.”
TOUR TROUBLES
In a follow-up video, Saxe said he sold a few thousand more tickets, but it fell short of saving the tour.
“Those few thousand tickets are a reminder that being transparent in failure sometimes can be more powerful than the facade of success,” he said. “This was the nicest the internet has ever been to me. But what those few thousand tickets are not is enough to save this tour.”
After hearing his execution with the anthem, many social media users predicted Saxe will continue to have trouble drumming up interest on the road.
“JP Saxe had a tour cancelled this year because nobody bought tickets. If he thinks he’s booking any future shows now … woof,” one person joked.
mdaniell@postmedia.com
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Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe slammed for changing lyrics to anthem before Game 3 of Blue Jays-Dodgers series
Author of the article:Mark Daniell
Published Oct 27, 2025 • 3 minute read
JP Saxe sings the Canadian National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles
Singer and musician JP Saxe sings the Canadian National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27, 2025 in Los Angeles.
After going viral earlier this summer for cancelling his tour due to low ticket sales, JP Saxe is trending again thanks to his “horrible” rendition of O Canada ahead of Game 3 of the World Series.
The Grammy-nominated Toronto singer-songwriter was tapped to sing the Canadian national anthem Monday night at Dodgers Stadium. But his pitchy performance was immediately panned on social media with viewers at home trashing his voice and his decision to change some of the lyrics to the 145-year-old anthem.
“This was a fail,” one person wrote, while another added, “This is embarrassing for the MLB.”
“That man … butchered the f— out of a beautiful anthem,” a third person swiped.
Other commenters advised Saxe to “stay away” from the internet and “get off the field.”
Saxe also caught flak for changing the lyrics to O Canada, switching “our home and native land” to “our home on native land.”
“As soon as he said ‘Our home ON native land’ I switched it off!” one critic fumed, with a second adding, “This guy is not a true Canadian. He butchered our Anthem and injected woke bulls— into the lyrics. Absolutely deplorable.”
A third advised: “The thing about singing the anthem is that you don’t get to just make up the words & then do it that poorly.”
Saxe made headlines in August when he announced he was cancelling his North American tour due to low ticket sales. The musician, best known for his 2019 chart-topping hit If the World Was Ending with Julia Michaels, took to social media to say he needed to sell 20,000 tickets for the shows or he would have to pull the plug.
“Forty-eight hours … f— being cool about it, I don’t wanna cancel this s—,” said the caption to his TikTok video, which racked up 1.8 million views.
“If I don’t sell 20,000 tickets to my tour in the next 48 hours, it’s going to be cancelled. Just in case you were waiting until the week of or night of to buy a ticket, that approach just isn’t going to work because there won’t be a show to buy a ticket to.”
Saxe also told The Canadian Press: “We tried to keep the prices as low as we possibly could. (It’s) more than a movie ticket, but a hell of a lot less than going to the Rogers Centre to see the Weeknd.”
TOUR TROUBLES
In a follow-up video, Saxe said he sold a few thousand more tickets, but it fell short of saving the tour.
“Those few thousand tickets are a reminder that being transparent in failure sometimes can be more powerful than the facade of success,” he said. “This was the nicest the internet has ever been to me. But what those few thousand tickets are not is enough to save this tour.”
After hearing his execution with the anthem, many social media users predicted Saxe will continue to have trouble drumming up interest on the road.
“JP Saxe had a tour cancelled this year because nobody bought tickets. If he thinks he’s booking any future shows now … woof,” one person joked.
mdaniell@postmedia.com
'Deplorable' rendition of O Canada at World Series roasted online
After going viral earlier this summer for cancelling his tour due to low ticket sales, Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe is trending again.
Blue Jays superfan beaten into coma fights back, finds strength in team’s playoff run
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life and got back up and he believes his Toronto baseball club will do the same
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Oct 28, 2025 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 2 minute read
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
WARNING: THIS COLUMN CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE
As Dylan Thomas wrote: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
And, of course, fight, fight with all your might. The Toronto Blue Jays are always good for this kind of life or death dilemma.
Anybody who thinks the Blue Jays are down for the count and facing extinction ought to talk to one of the team’s biggest fans, Neil Caulfield. He believes if you get knocked down, you get back up again — as fast as possible — and go at it again.
Caulfield knows what it’s like to be facing his last breath and believes that in order to get back up off the canvas, you need to fight hard and never stop believing.
He would know: In May, he was beaten to an inch of his life and put in a coma. Many believed he would never regain consciousness.
Planning for his funeral
“My mother (Jean) was told to start making funeral arrangements,” Neil said Tuesday.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Patrick Smith /Getty Images
Peel Regional Police told The Toronto Sun it’s a miracle he survived. They saw he was victimized while walking along a Brampton street.
It only took a short time before officers arrested three people for firearms offences and one — Antwon Asamoah – was charged with aggravated assault. He is before the courts and is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
However justice works out, there’s no question Caulfield has been through hell and back.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
The picture of him in that hospital room is terrifying. He was pummelled and suffered every injury a person could suffer.
Knocked him out with a gun
“They knocked me out with a gun and thankfully I wasn’t shot.”
But he was left for dead. And death was close.
“I was five days in a coma and two weeks in Sunnybrook ICU.”
After a while, he woke up, sat up, healed his extensive bruises and walked out of that hospital alive.
The Blue Jays were part of his therapy. With his late dad, Larry, he was always a big fan. This year he needed them more than ever. And they delivered.
Neil Caulfield (right) took his dad, Larry Caulfield (left), 75, to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield (right) is pictured with his late father, Larry Caulfield, who passed away in April 2021. Photo by Supplied
Neil credits “talking with my dad” from his hospital bed with helping to give him the strength to rise again. His dad died in 2021 at 75 but has never really left his side.
They were both big fans of Rob and Doug Ford and all of Ford Nation and of the Blue Jays, which they often watched together.
This time Neil could hear his dad’s voice telling him to get back off the dirt and stand back up.
Now the Brampton native is back to work and can’t wait for evenings so he can watch the postseason Blue Jays defy the odds — like he did.
He is confident they will.
“On to the next one,” he said of his motto, adding the Jays one adopt it, as well.
Neil says no matter what happens to you, the best reaction is to get back up and to start living again.
Proud Ford Nation member Larry Caulfield (right), 75, went to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield’s late father, Larry (right), is pictured with Premier Doug Ford. Photo by Supplied
torontosun.com
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life and got back up and he believes his Toronto baseball club will do the same
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Oct 28, 2025 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 2 minute read
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
WARNING: THIS COLUMN CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE
As Dylan Thomas wrote: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
And, of course, fight, fight with all your might. The Toronto Blue Jays are always good for this kind of life or death dilemma.
Anybody who thinks the Blue Jays are down for the count and facing extinction ought to talk to one of the team’s biggest fans, Neil Caulfield. He believes if you get knocked down, you get back up again — as fast as possible — and go at it again.
Caulfield knows what it’s like to be facing his last breath and believes that in order to get back up off the canvas, you need to fight hard and never stop believing.
He would know: In May, he was beaten to an inch of his life and put in a coma. Many believed he would never regain consciousness.
Planning for his funeral
“My mother (Jean) was told to start making funeral arrangements,” Neil said Tuesday.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Patrick Smith /Getty Images
Peel Regional Police told The Toronto Sun it’s a miracle he survived. They saw he was victimized while walking along a Brampton street.
It only took a short time before officers arrested three people for firearms offences and one — Antwon Asamoah – was charged with aggravated assault. He is before the courts and is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
However justice works out, there’s no question Caulfield has been through hell and back.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
The picture of him in that hospital room is terrifying. He was pummelled and suffered every injury a person could suffer.
Knocked him out with a gun
“They knocked me out with a gun and thankfully I wasn’t shot.”
But he was left for dead. And death was close.
“I was five days in a coma and two weeks in Sunnybrook ICU.”
After a while, he woke up, sat up, healed his extensive bruises and walked out of that hospital alive.
The Blue Jays were part of his therapy. With his late dad, Larry, he was always a big fan. This year he needed them more than ever. And they delivered.
Neil Caulfield (right) took his dad, Larry Caulfield (left), 75, to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield (right) is pictured with his late father, Larry Caulfield, who passed away in April 2021. Photo by Supplied
Neil credits “talking with my dad” from his hospital bed with helping to give him the strength to rise again. His dad died in 2021 at 75 but has never really left his side.
They were both big fans of Rob and Doug Ford and all of Ford Nation and of the Blue Jays, which they often watched together.
This time Neil could hear his dad’s voice telling him to get back off the dirt and stand back up.
Now the Brampton native is back to work and can’t wait for evenings so he can watch the postseason Blue Jays defy the odds — like he did.
He is confident they will.
“On to the next one,” he said of his motto, adding the Jays one adopt it, as well.
Neil says no matter what happens to you, the best reaction is to get back up and to start living again.
Proud Ford Nation member Larry Caulfield (right), 75, went to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield’s late father, Larry (right), is pictured with Premier Doug Ford. Photo by Supplied
WARMINGTON: Blue Jays superfan beaten into coma fights back, finds strength in team’s playoff run
Anybody who thinks the Blue Jays are down for the count and facing extinction ought to talk to one of their biggest fans Neil Caulfield.
too bad they had to bring fraud nation into it.Blue Jays superfan beaten into coma fights back, finds strength in team’s playoff run
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life and got back up and he believes his Toronto baseball club will do the same
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Oct 28, 2025 • Last updated 6 hours ago • 2 minute read
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
Brampton's Neil Caulfied was beaten to an inch of life life. He survived and believes his Toronto Blue Jays will do the same thing as they battle the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
WARNING: THIS COLUMN CONTAINS A GRAPHIC IMAGE
As Dylan Thomas wrote: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
And, of course, fight, fight with all your might. The Toronto Blue Jays are always good for this kind of life or death dilemma.
Anybody who thinks the Blue Jays are down for the count and facing extinction ought to talk to one of the team’s biggest fans, Neil Caulfield. He believes if you get knocked down, you get back up again — as fast as possible — and go at it again.
Caulfield knows what it’s like to be facing his last breath and believes that in order to get back up off the canvas, you need to fight hard and never stop believing.
He would know: In May, he was beaten to an inch of his life and put in a coma. Many believed he would never regain consciousness.
Planning for his funeral
“My mother (Jean) was told to start making funeral arrangements,” Neil said Tuesday.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif.
A general view of the scoreboard in the outfield during the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 27. 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Patrick Smith /Getty Images
Peel Regional Police told The Toronto Sun it’s a miracle he survived. They saw he was victimized while walking along a Brampton street.
It only took a short time before officers arrested three people for firearms offences and one — Antwon Asamoah – was charged with aggravated assault. He is before the courts and is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
However justice works out, there’s no question Caulfield has been through hell and back.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
Neil Caulfield is pictured in hospital.
The picture of him in that hospital room is terrifying. He was pummelled and suffered every injury a person could suffer.
Knocked him out with a gun
“They knocked me out with a gun and thankfully I wasn’t shot.”
But he was left for dead. And death was close.
“I was five days in a coma and two weeks in Sunnybrook ICU.”
After a while, he woke up, sat up, healed his extensive bruises and walked out of that hospital alive.
The Blue Jays were part of his therapy. With his late dad, Larry, he was always a big fan. This year he needed them more than ever. And they delivered.
Neil Caulfield (right) took his dad, Larry Caulfield (left), 75, to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield (right) is pictured with his late father, Larry Caulfield, who passed away in April 2021. Photo by Supplied
Neil credits “talking with my dad” from his hospital bed with helping to give him the strength to rise again. His dad died in 2021 at 75 but has never really left his side.
They were both big fans of Rob and Doug Ford and all of Ford Nation and of the Blue Jays, which they often watched together.
This time Neil could hear his dad’s voice telling him to get back off the dirt and stand back up.
Now the Brampton native is back to work and can’t wait for evenings so he can watch the postseason Blue Jays defy the odds — like he did.
He is confident they will.
“On to the next one,” he said of his motto, adding the Jays one adopt it, as well.
Neil says no matter what happens to you, the best reaction is to get back up and to start living again.
Proud Ford Nation member Larry Caulfield (right), 75, went to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get his COVID-19 vaccine on April 6, 2021, and the long haul truck driver died five days later.
Neil Caulfield’s late father, Larry (right), is pictured with Premier Doug Ford. Photo by Supplied
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WARMINGTON: Blue Jays superfan beaten into coma fights back, finds strength in team’s playoff run
Anybody who thinks the Blue Jays are down for the count and facing extinction ought to talk to one of their biggest fans Neil Caulfield.
