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Blue Jays Fans Were Not Happy to See Drake at Game 1 of World Series
Toronto's faithful came out to support their team in Game 1 of the World Series between the Blue Jays and Dodgers, and that unfortunately included world-famous rapper Drake.
The Toronto-born musician showed up to Rogers Centre on Friday night to cheer on his MLB team, flashing a bedazzled Blue Jays chain in a video he posted from a VIP suite. "What up what up," Drake said. "Live from the World Series, on my birthday, you see the whole city came out tonight. Shoutout to the Jays, we're down right now but we've been here before."
Drizzy live from the World Series! 🦉
— MLB (@MLB) October 25, 2025
Drake checks in from Game 1 in Toronto 👀 pic.twitter.com/0LRVI50WHr
Many Blue Jays fans immediately feared the worst: the notorious Drake curse. In the latest iteration of the curse, Drake infamously bet $1 million on the Maple Leafs during the NHL playoffs earlier this year and saw his team crash out in Game 7 of the semifinal series against the Panthers.
While some may believe the curse isn't actually real after the Drake-favored Raptors finally won the NBA championship in 2019, Blue Jays fans still weren't enthused to see a long-maligned Canadian sports anti-hero like Drake show up to the game:
Curse is in the building https://t.co/sXAkDBt6y1
— Kuris Duggan (@kDuggyy) October 25, 2025
This is the last man I wanna see within 400 metres of my World Series team https://t.co/eEBPP7fxhl
— Kyle (@moreonkyle) October 25, 2025
It was at this moment the Blue Jays were toast. https://t.co/4moU0ehU3u
— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) October 25, 2025
Drake cursed confirmed. Dodgers winning back to back. https://t.co/IyGQ73Urdn
— Oscar Morales (@OscarM89) October 25, 2025
Seriously Rogers Centre security. You had ONE job - keep this man out of the building 🤦♀️ https://t.co/mQQKCX10N3
— Sandra Lynne (@immacrecep) October 25, 2025
The city of Toronto should sue and ban drake if the blue jays lose https://t.co/6KtrT0ngxK
— tookie (@Meeshft) October 25, 2025
Thankfully, Drake didn't publicly reveal any seven-figure bets on the Jays in this year's Fall Classic—yet.
The Blue Jays and Dodgers were tied 2-2 at the top of the sixth inning, until Toronto broke the game wide open with an offensive onslaught and now lead 11-2.
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Kristen Wong is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI in November 2023, Wong covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site. Outside of work, she has dreams of running her own sporty dive bar.