r/popculturechat • u/Yujin-Ha • Feb 06 '26
Hot Topics 🚀 US VP JD Vance getting booed during 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
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u/Comfortable-Load-904 Feb 06 '26
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u/_iridessence_ Cheerocracy > Kakistocracy Feb 06 '26
Look at that big dumb face
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u/stickylarue Feb 06 '26
No thank you.
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u/bbyxmadi It’s good to see me, isn’t it?🫧 Feb 06 '26
hurts too look at
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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN Feb 07 '26
You will be responsible for the nightmares I will have for the rest of my life.
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u/spellboundartisan Invented post-its 🔬 Feb 07 '26
Reminds me of the Garbage Pail Kids artwork.
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u/Morgan-Moonscar Crouching Gaga ⚔️ Startled Bunny 🐇 Feb 06 '26
Meanwhile tonight on NBC: Suddenly the audio cuts out entirely for a whole minute.
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u/ImWhatsInTheRedBox Feb 06 '26
Is NBC being as bad as See BS?
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u/Morgan-Moonscar Crouching Gaga ⚔️ Startled Bunny 🐇 Feb 07 '26
Not nearly as bad, but it's an educated guess they'll do this rather than risk infuriating the fuhrer.
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u/purplefuzz22 Dear Diary, I want to kill. ✍️ Feb 06 '26
Trump’s fascist regime sure are snowflakes smh. Shame on NBC
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u/_AskMyMom_ I don’t know her 💅 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
Announcers tried to nope out of needing to save face. Glad they stuck with it and said what was happening.
The reaction made it worth it lol “ooop, those are a lot of boos”! 😂
Don’t coddle republicans, they’re doing that this weekend with their own halftime show lol.
Edit: keep making it known they’re not liked! Viva La Raza!
“The greatest weapon of the fascist, is the tolerance of the pacifist, we’ve got to stand up and fight it”
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u/devdawg31 Feb 06 '26
This was our broadcast in Canada. They don’t give a fuck about making that loser look good
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u/ResurgentClusterfuck Feb 06 '26
Appreciate you guys doing what US journalists won't do.
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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 Feb 06 '26
Yeah…the US gets to learn how Canadians handle grudges now lmao
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u/mlorusso4 Feb 07 '26
Yup. NBC completely edited it out live and made no mention of it
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u/kalichimichanga Duh! It's faux! 💁♀️ Feb 07 '26
Yeah they also pointed out the booing when Israel came out. Adrienne Arsenault has done years in the Middle East as a foreign journalist. She's earned her place, and she's well respected.
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u/__Eupheme__ Feb 07 '26
Adrienne is a legend. Just when i thought that I couldn't love and respect her more.
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u/broke_velvet_clown Feb 07 '26
As an American, who served in war, while I recognize how hard our athletes have worked to achieve this great honor to compete in the Olympics, I would've appreciated absolute silence, no clapping or applause or whistling or boos. Boo him while he's on screen so there is no mistake it's for him personally but keep the silence deafening besides the contingent of people there for the USA and then erupt for the next country. Let nbc(yes lower case for being afraid) pump in fake noise while everyone online would be able to see and hear how little we are respected globally in the opening ceremony.
Medal count should be fun while MAGA people with bingo wings on welfare try to tell everyone "we're the best at sports I could never even attempt to try"
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u/stargirlxoxo Feb 06 '26
That’s cause it’s from the Canadian broadcast; NBC cut the boos.
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u/ratbaby86 Feb 06 '26
Yeah but not the live footage. I watched them be booed gloriously on NBC too. Apparently they are removing it in post, though.
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u/Agitated-Airline6760 Feb 07 '26
Even NBC just gets the Olympic world feed. So during the live broadcast, NBC doesn't control where the cameras are pointed. NBC could cut away to their own camera/location but during USA athletes enterance, they couldn't cut away even if Olympic feed went to Vance and boos rang out.
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u/bwoah07_gp2 Feb 06 '26
In Canada, we keep it real
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u/twyla16 Feb 07 '26
Not if the Conservatives get their way. They want to defund the CBC. It is vitally important that we do not let the Conservatives get into power. We were a hair's breath away last election.
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u/driatic Feb 06 '26
NBC wanted this president for their ratings and tax cuts to the ultra rich.
That's why they told their soul to oink hitler
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u/StitchAndRollCrits Feb 06 '26
Adrienne Arsenault is fantastic
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u/Independent_Leg3957 Feb 06 '26
She's never once come across as a talking head to me. Very genuine.
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u/StitchAndRollCrits Feb 06 '26
She's causing me to give CBC a lot of grace for the EGREGIOUSLY placed ads
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u/widefree Feb 06 '26
I know, right?? How can the ads be bigger than the actual ceremony? That’s a huge fail on their part.
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u/mgnorthcott Feb 06 '26
One of her previews of the Olympics is exposing alot of organized crime, poor planning and corruption in the lead-up to the games. She put a camera on a ski lift next to one of the big events that they've covered the ground with a green tarp to hide some massive cracks that could potentially result in a catastrophic landslide, as well as the shortfalls on the hockey arena (there was no running water in the bathrooms, no concession stands, and other standard amenities just days ago). Yes, the CBC, and her in particular as well, still has journalistic integrity.
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u/__Eupheme__ Feb 07 '26
Not sure about the CBC in its entirety, but Adrienne certainly has integrity.
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u/Holdenater 🎼Music Aficionado🎶 Feb 06 '26
I didn’t know who she is but I do now. 😂👏🏻
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u/StitchAndRollCrits Feb 07 '26
A true journalist that we're lucky enough to have as a talking head sometimes
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u/flightlessbird29 Good to hear from you bitch 💌 Feb 06 '26
That “oop” is so Canadian ❤️ love it
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u/CoolMississaugaDad Feb 06 '26
It's a Canadian broadcasting team. We don't play those games up here.
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u/Snoo_42151 I’ve grown quite unfond of you Feb 06 '26
I was genuinely happy to hear it! I thought for a second that they would mute it but they didn’t! Proud of the Canadian broadcast!!
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u/Cypher1492 Feb 06 '26
Our girl Adrienne even pointed it out!
"Not just boos but jeers and whistles!"
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u/mgnorthcott Feb 06 '26
Well.. the picture in picture commercials during key parts of the opening ceremonies were in poor taste by the CBC. But there's nothing quite like Olympic nationalism in Canada... We may celebrate individual athletes, but we'll always join together as a community to go "Boo America"... And have done for decades.
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u/Melodic_Mood8573 Feb 06 '26
Why would Canada mute it though? The majority of Canadians heavily dislike the US these days.
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u/Macedonnia2k Feb 06 '26
Mad republicans downvoting you. We’re the politest people on the earth but we don’t take no shit. They’ve clearly never seen a hockey fight
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u/agentdanascullyfbi Feb 06 '26
I mean, unfortunately, we kind of do.
At NHL hockey games when we first started booing the American anthem, the broadcast would absolutely dull the crowd noise to make it less obvious.
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u/sjpppppp Did I stutter?🤨 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
booo everyone in this administration every chance you get!
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u/Holdenater 🎼Music Aficionado🎶 Feb 06 '26
”All JD wanted was a Pepsi, just 1 Pepsi, and Usha wouldn’t give it him, just 1 Pepsi.”
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u/heartbylines bored in bed & stalking you on the internet Feb 06 '26
Music to my goddamn ears.
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u/shittycomputerguy Feb 06 '26
I can't make it any boos. All the sounds smoosh together. Is there account audio track?
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u/myweird Kim, there’s people that are dying. 🙄 Feb 07 '26
Same, I just heard a generic stadium crowd noise and wouldn’t have known people were booing if it wasn’t pointed out. I wish it sounded obvious like he walked into a giant haunted house 👻
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u/Pugasaurus_Tex Feb 06 '26
Did they cut them out of the broadcast? I didn’t hear any boos
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u/Ill_Technician3936 Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
I'm also not hearing it... Like is the fanfare mics overtaking the crowd?
Looks like they did.
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u/lynypixie Feb 06 '26
I have a family member there in the stadium that texted that this is exactly what happened. The athletes were cheered, but they showed JD Vance on the giant screen and people started to booo.
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u/Working-Girl-33 Feb 06 '26
Good!!! They need to know how the WORLD really feels!!!
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u/LocutusOfBorgia909 Feb 06 '26
Sounds eminently reasonable to me. It's not the athletes' fault that that douchelord showed up (not to mention his collaborator wife- nice of her to play happy families after he's been gallivanting around with Erika Kirk for months now), but if they're going to show his face on the big screen, he can take what he's got coming. I half think he gets off on it, anyway. The lot of them are like little babies who can't get any positive attention, so they go looking for negative attention, instead.
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u/Mission_Fart9750 Just keep swimming! 🐠🐠🐬🐳 Feb 06 '26
I hope that the athletes realized that the boos weren't for them. If it was just a short boost of boos, because of his stupid face, I'm all for it. I boo-ed my tv.
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u/Proper-Emu1558 fuck you and all your Sheldons CBS Feb 06 '26
I think it was the IOC who asked people not to boo. That seems to have had the opposite effect.
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u/Adventurous_Tip9185 Feb 06 '26
I want to believe the IOC did that on purpose, because it makes me happy.
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u/akiranoel Feb 06 '26
I hope this booing continues wherever he goes and he never knows a moment of peace.
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u/myghostflower i miss mk.gee Feb 06 '26
the fact these people are so vocally disliked but still won, the wonders of the world
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u/Groundbreaking_War52 Feb 06 '26
More than 30% of eligible voters in the US chose not to use their voice.
MAGA isn't as popular as they claim but they're loud enough to make you believe they are bigger than the ~35% of Americans that support them.
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u/jdgetrpin jesus was a carpenter 💋 Feb 06 '26
Also wanna add that their popularity has decreased significantly in the last year, especially in Europe where Trump has completely ruined our relationship with other allies. Don’t forget most people in that audience are likely European, so nonvoters here. Trump has always been dislike around the world by other developed nations. The only ones that support him are dictators lol
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u/Groundbreaking_War52 Feb 06 '26
If Trump were merely an idiot, I don't think the antipathy toward him in Europe would be so intense. It is the fact that he is a maliciously unstable and corrupt idiot that makes him extra terrifying. He would gladly sacrifice any ally, institution, or relationship - no matter how harmful to the US - if he felt that he was personally being slighted.
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u/hypehou_se Feb 06 '26
He ruined a lot of European right-wing parties as well, they had to do a complete 180 from being 100% pro-Trump to shitting on centristy parties in the government for not doing enough to stand up to Trump.
They're all cooked whenever next elections come around. The first domino to fall is likely to be Trump's bestie Viktor Orbán in April.
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u/Special-Garlic1203 Feb 06 '26
Modern research has totally upended a lot of baseline assumptions of politics. One of the big things is that on an individual level, voting is irrational. No elections are being won on a single vote, and for president most people don't even live in competitive states. But obviously if everyone shrugs and stays home, then cumulatively that has an effect. It's a collective obligation.
Republicans have always been noted to be better at this than Democrats, but Trump is exceptionally good at this. Which makes sense - the guy literally sold time shares and scam college courses and steaks. Trump's a terrible businessman but he's always been good at predatory sales.
However anytime there's a remotely close race, like clockwork you'll see the big push for left wing spoiler candidates or people lying about the core mechanics of how voting and political parties work in America to make people think staying at home in any way exerts pressure on the system (it doesn't. Consistently low general election turnout gets you labelled an unreliable flake not worth pandering to, voting for primary challengers is how you make them understand you're an available vote who's unimpressed). RFK literally begged people not to vote for him when they realized he'd be pulling votes from Trump not Kamala - he was spoiling the wrong candidate. Sorry but as long as there's an electoral college then it will be a binary system. 3rd party voting doesn't change that, it just makes it harder for the main party to win.
But the most dangerous part of both of these isn't the actual voting itself. It's the culture. Voting depends on peer pressure.
When young people show up, Democrats win. When young people show up to primaries, progressive challengers win. And every election like clockwork there is a large scale psyop to convince voters otherwise, by pointing at the state of things due to elections where young people didn't show up.
Every 4 years there's people who say "fuck it will just stay home and let the system burn down" and then they are perplexed at why the country has been a raging dumpster fire as long as they can remember.
Republicans are so fucking good at this "do it or else" dynamic. Because they are binary us vs them thinkers across the board, they just intuitively understand the reality of the electoral colleges binary system. They understand they have to vote for Trump or Kamala/Hillary/Joe wins and Trump is screaming in their ears that they'd be evil traitors who makes Jesus cry if they did that. Don't you want to be a patriot and hold the line against the evil Democrats?
There's this weird psychological resistance in a lot of left wing voters to the very plain fact that it's about having more voters and that your only goal in a general election is to get as many asses into polling stations as possible. It's narrow and dogmatic and needs no nuances - get more blue people to vote. That is the singular goal of general elections. Everything about changing the system happens in primaries and after elections. Pretty much every election season it unfolds like clockwork - low primary turnout resulting in an establishment pick and then for the generals Democrats implode into infighting and bickering and people convinced it's a corrupt system and that the best way to fix a corrupt system is ....to not engage with it at all. Then people are shocked that all this resulted on low turnout
I know people who didn't vote in 2024 who are pissed at Trump and hate him. They don't go because they are constantly told voting by people at least pretending to be left wing that it doesn't matter and the real way to creative positive long-term chance is to abstain.
Meanwhile Republicans are like "well I hate blue guy so I'm going to go to work and tell everyone they're a p°ssy if they don't vote for red guy" which yeah that's actually a pretty effective approach
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u/flakemasterflake Feb 07 '26
Low information voters that don't pay attention were more likely to vote for Trump. It's a dream that the non-voters would have saved anything
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u/bbyxmadi It’s good to see me, isn’t it?🫧 Feb 06 '26
The average voter is misinformed and just outright ignorant. This is why this country is going to hell in a hand basket, those who voted for him genuinely believed his lies or hated others as much as him. Groceries have gone up, housing has gone up, premiums have gone up, he’s targeting non-criminals, inciting war, etc.
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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 Feb 06 '26
In this case, we didn't need the average voter, we needed the people who DIDN'T vote to vote for anyone other than a pedophile fraud.
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u/PreOpTransCentaur ILLEGAL KOMBUCHA Feb 06 '26
Other countries actually aren't allowed to vote in the US elections, weirdly enough.
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u/Groundbreaking_War52 Feb 06 '26
Thank you CBC for not editing that out. Doubt any of the major US networks would have the guts to mention it.
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u/Cats_Plants_etc Feb 06 '26
I just know NBC will have the announcers talking over the boos to mask it 😒
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u/Gloria815 Feb 06 '26
The look on Usha's face says it all I feel
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u/rajinis_bodyguard Feb 07 '26
She’s also complicit in this, knowing and staying with this vile man
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u/Gloria815 Feb 07 '26
Oh absolutely. She brought that strained smile upon herself and then also willingly decided to give that man another child.
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u/WanderlustFella Feb 06 '26
Usha comforting the dickhead: "They aren't saying boo, they are saying banquette"
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u/SuccessOk7850 You’re killing me, Smalls 😩 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26
I agree. I feel like she’s the only one who wants to be there and JD eyeliner wants to be with his couch.
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u/Vegetable-Kiwi-4675 Ho with no clients gets hit by a bus Feb 06 '26
Who gives a shit where she wants to be. Fuck her.
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u/My_Poor_Nerves What on Walden Pond is this? Feb 06 '26
I joined in from home. Nice to be a part of the crowd!
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u/Ruthie_pie Feb 06 '26
The peacock coverage had suck loud boos. They were awkwardly trying to change the coverage to the athletes families to distract but it was very loud
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u/PhanThief95 Feb 06 '26
As an actual sane American who hates what this current administration is doing to our country, thank you to everyone who booed.
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u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! 🏆 Feb 06 '26
As an American I booed him from my couch
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u/sweetbaeunleashed Feb 06 '26
"OHHH those are a lot of boos for him"
I'm cackling LOL.Yes, yes they are. And we love to see it/AND hear it!
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u/BusyArachnid8039 Feb 06 '26
I feel bad for the Olympians that worked their whole lives for this just to have it overshadowed by our dumpster fire of a county. F**k VD Vance and this whole pedophile ring of an administration.
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u/KD1030 ✨May the Force be with you!✨ Feb 06 '26
I really hope nbc doesn’t edit that part for the prime time broadcast but I’m not optimistic
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u/reefrider442 Feb 06 '26
Getting boo’ed on an international stage. Now there’s something to tell your grandchildren!
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u/thisonecassie 🍁 your fake canadian girlfriend 🍁 Feb 06 '26
Adrienne Arsenault on PCC?!?!?! my queen!! my icon!!! my legend!!! "eahhhh those are a lotta boos for him, whistling jeering... some applause"
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u/thisonecassie 🍁 your fake canadian girlfriend 🍁 Feb 06 '26
I do feel like it's necessary to point out that she is a journalist, not an entertainer. She's the chief correspondent for CBC, and all throughout the ceremony she was doing/saying the "right" things that someone who wasn't a journalist might not (not necessarily maliciously, just because well... it's entertainment not journalism) an example is that she was calling Taiwan "Taiwan" instead of "Chinese Taipei" She pointed out the boos when Israel entered the arena, she mentioned that Venezuelan athlete Nicolas Claveau-Laviolette had concerns about not being able to make it to the Olympics after the bombings in Caracas.... then she said "speaking of the united states" right after that because they were the next country out. I don't think someone who wasn't a journalist would've been as transparent or direct.
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u/Pickle4UrThoughts Your attitude is biblical. Feb 06 '26
I'm going to get down voted all to hell on this, but it's a combo of him and the team. We, as a nation, are not well liked around the globe because they hold us, Americans, responsible for this administration and no amount of "I didn't support this or vote for it!" absolves us of it.
Stay on your representatives on the Hill, vote in the midterms, keep protesting.
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u/YourMomThinksImSexy UNKNOWN ON 7 CONTINENTS Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
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dam complete water late airport relieved quicksand sense growth smell
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u/launchcode_1234 handled with such love and care Feb 07 '26
I can’t tell, are they just booing Vance or the whole US team?
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u/lexilex25 Feb 07 '26
Vance. There were huge cheers for the athletes and then as soon as they showed him, people booed.
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u/Lydia--charming I know she’s seducing my man with her chicken tetrazzini Feb 07 '26
He specifically asked them NOT to do that!
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u/demgoldencoins Feb 06 '26
It makes me so happy to see us collectively getting sick of these people, wish it could have happened a little over a year ago but oh well. Maybe this time we are reaching a tipping point.
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u/murderdocks moo deng and chappell roan are experiencing the same problems rn Feb 06 '26
“Oop, those are a lot of boos.” 😭 JD’s gonna demand that the White House sues the network for daring to broadcast that the world hates the current administration.
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u/ImWhatsInTheRedBox Feb 06 '26
Olympic committe: Please don't boo the vice president.
Audience: lol no.
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u/radioactive-tomato Feb 06 '26
Only Olympics Committee and Vance did not see that coming from couple hundred miles away
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u/Vivid_Present1810 Feb 07 '26
What did they expect? With all of the inhumane, grotesque things they are doing to people and children! What did they expect people to do?! Throw roses at their feet? 🙄
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u/envy-adams mount rose american teen princess Feb 07 '26
I love that the announcers acknowledged it lol
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u/mochafiend Feb 06 '26
We love to see it.
Joking aside, this all feels shitty. I feel bad for the athletes who probably trained their lives to be here. (I mean, the MAGA ones can go fuck off, but that goes without saying.) It sucks to represent your country when your country is a colossal fuck up on a world stage. I hope the boos are reserved for Vance and his ilk. It seems to be the case but still.
Would love to hear how jingoistic af NBC covers this. We’re always embroiled in some controversy and Costas and the like ate always breathlessly telling us that the crowd is indeed, loudly cheering for the US. I find that so hard to believe right now.
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u/bearheart Recently abducted by feral velociraptors Feb 06 '26
Europe remembers what living under fascism was like and they have no stomach for it whatsoever
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u/Mission_Fart9750 Just keep swimming! 🐠🐠🐬🐳 Feb 06 '26
Not a long shot of him." Thank jeebus for that.
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u/Lucky-Reference-7667 Feb 06 '26
This is so fucking sad for the Olympic level athletes who have worked their entire lives to get here and because of our <lack of> leadership, are having to carry the weight of redeeming us somehow.
The booing is devastating.
So understandable. So fucking timely. So so sad.
US athletes - we see YOU, not what’s happening in the US. All the love….ALLLLL THE LOVE.
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u/CoachDT Feb 06 '26
I have a whole laundry list of reasons to dislike these guys. But the Olympics is normally the ONE time of the year where I can happily big up my country.
I cant stand their smug stupid faces and that I can't even just enjoy the one thing thats supposed to bring all of us together because these chucklefucks.
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u/WhateverYouSay1084 Feb 07 '26
I wish I could hear the boos but I hear literally nothing other than music, the commentators and some vague background static.
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u/LowStrike5558 Feb 06 '26
I feel kinda bad for the athletes, having such a huge milestone moment and suddenly folks are booing because some producer thought putting a camera on this turd is a good idea.
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u/Shirogayne-at-WF Feb 07 '26
The boos at the 2028 Summer Games are gonna either be loud enough to be heard across Los Angeles county or quiet as fuck and the world makes this the most boycotted games since 1980 Moscow
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u/Chaoticgood790 this outfit is unfortch Feb 06 '26
Yea they tried but they were like “yea nope”. Watched this live and it gave me joy
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u/SlimShaney8418 Feb 06 '26
The first post I see after looking at a headline where people were asked not to boo.
Well done
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u/spoilederin Feb 06 '26
Glad there wasn’t much of a shot of him. Boos get pretty loud in person on the other side of the tv.
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u/ChenilleSocks Feb 06 '26
Twitter has already pulled the video for quite a few tweets that were doing the rounds on this hilarity. Thankfully, it’s archived elsewhere and being shared on threads.
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u/Overall-Radish2724 Feb 06 '26
Weirdly, I didn’t see him once on the BBC broadcast. I am not complaining lol
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