He told the truth about Canada
Win Butler, the man named Most Valuable Player of Friday’s NBA All-Star celebrity game was ecstatic and excited after Canada defeated the United States. During his interview with ESPN’s Sage Steele, he had an inconvenient truth that he wanted to reveal to America.
“I just want to say that it’s an election year in the US,” Win Butler said as ESPN almost immediately began playing go-to-commercial bumper music. “The US has a lot they can learn from Canada: healthcare, taking care of people, and I think—”
Sage then interrupted as if commanded to in her earpiece.
So we’re talking about celebrities and not politics,” Sage Steele. “Congratulations on your MVP.” Butler seemed bewildered with the treatment.
Win Butler is the frontman for Arcade Fire. He is an American living in Canada and well qualified to tell that inconvenient truth. According to The Guardian.
Born in California and raised in Texas before attending New Hampshire’s Philips Exeter Academy, Butler moved to Montreal in 2000 to attend McGill University and has lived there since.
There he met band-mate and future wife Régine Chassagne and formed the Arcade Fire, whose third studio album The Suburbs won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011.
The 35-year-old had opened his remarks on Friday with a tribute to his adopted hometown and notice of his “retirement” from the game which marks the unofficial start of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. He’d finished with eight points and 12 rebounds in last year’s debut appearance.
“I’ve lived in the great city of Montreal for 15 years,” Butler said. “I’ve represented Montreal. If you guys want to fast-track my Canadian citizenship, hopefully this will help make me a permanent resident. I just want to say that I’m retiring as a celebrity right now, so I will not be eligible for the celebrity game next year.
“I’m retiring as a celebrity. We brought this home for Canada. Respect to Drake. Respect to Team Canada.”
Just maybe more Americans will wake up.
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