Canadian legacy media journos rush to defend Trudeau’s UK antics

By Harrison Faulkner

While media outlets in the United Kingdom and the United States blasted Justin Trudeau for his “drunk” rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ while in London for the Queen’s state funeral, legacy media journalists in Canada rushed to defend the prime minister’s actions.

On Monday, Twitter user @LisaPow33260238 first uploaded a clip of a casually-dressed Trudeau with a group of individuals singing the popular Queen song.

Last night at the Savoy. Our PM in the UK representing Canada for the Queen’s funeral.
How do you say you were a drama teacher without saying you were a drama teacher. pic.twitter.com/kfRlve7pmV

— Lisa Power (@LisaPow33260238) September 19, 2022

While some users questioned the authenticity of the clip, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed to Toronto Sun journalist Joe Warmington that the clip was in fact real and was filmed just two nights before Her Late Majesty’s funeral.

A number of journalists at the CBC, Global News, CTV News and the Toronto Star were quick to downplay Trudeau’s latest international blunder.

The CBC’s senior writer Aaron Wherry claimed nobody “truly and genuinely cares about the prime minister singing in a hotel lobby on Saturday night.”

I refuse to believe that anyone truly and genuinely cares about the prime minister singing in a hotel lobby on Saturday night.

— Aaron Wherry (@AaronWherry) September 19, 2022

Meanwhile, CTV News claimed Trudeau’s antics were “in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth,” though there was no indication that the prime minister’s rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was for the Queen, who was not a member of the British rock group despite its regal name.