The response to Pereira’s protest — which came from Canadians who were upset he changed their national anthem, as well as Black Lives Matter activists — was so intense and threatening that the singer refused to leave his home in Toronto for almost a month after the incident. In fact, he disguised himself when he finally went grocery shopping.
While he regrets his decision to communicate the message in the manner he did, he remains committed to that message.
“It might be the most irrational thing I’ve ever done in my life, but it was for a rational cause,” Pereira told the Los Angeles Times in his first public comments since the All-Star Game.
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Pereira acted without the knowledge of the other three singers in the Tenors. He was kicked out of the group and has not spoken to any of them since.
MLB also was not pleased. The league demanded an immediate apology, and Pereira has not stopped apologizing since.
According to the L.A Times report:
