Overview
- A clipped New Heights segment showed Kelce questioning excitement for a Canadian team and arguing the Dodgers effectively buy titles due to their spending.
- After online criticism, Kelce posted on X that he was "bamboozled" by a social edit, stated he loves Canada, and said he was actually rooting for the Blue Jays.
- He framed his stance as a lack of personal investment in the matchup and a broader critique of competitive imbalance in baseball.
- The Dodgers lead MLB in payroll and the Blue Jays rank fifth, context that fed reaction to the clip, which had about 1.3 million views on X.
- Coverage linked the episode to recent scrutiny of public figures during the World Series, noting Prince Harry’s apology to Canada for wearing a Dodgers hat.