{"id":776776,"date":"2026-07-03T02:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776776\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:59:15","slug":"drake-scottie-barnes-and-other-celebs-at-toronto-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776776\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake, Scottie Barnes and other celebs at Toronto Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Multiple celebrities attended Thursday\u2019s World Cup match at Toronto Stadium as Portugal and Croatia battled it out for a spot in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Drake<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Iceman is in the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto-born recording artist Drake, who recently released one of 2026\u2019s most popular albums, Iceman, was spotted in attendance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The album has sold over 1 million units since its release on May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Barnes<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto Raptors star Scottie Barnes was seen in attendance at today\u2019s match donning a Cristiano Ronaldo jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Barnes received his second all-star nomination in the 2025-2026 NBA season and was a member of the all-NBA Defensive Second Team.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Hamilton-born NBA champion and NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was seen in attendance on Toronto Stadium\u2019s jumbotron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gilgeous-Alexander is a point guard currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder and has received multiple NBA awards since he was drafted.<\/p>\n<p>Nelly Furtado<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canadian pop star Nelly Furtado was seen live at today\u2019s game cheering on Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Recently, Furtado dropped No Place Like Home, released as an anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin McKenna<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Toronto Maple Leafs\u2019 no. 1 overall draft pick, Gavin McKenna, was also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/video\/2026\/07\/03\/mckenna-attends-world-cup-match-in-toronto-growing-up-i-was-a-ronaldo-fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/video\/2026\/07\/03\/mckenna-attends-world-cup-match-in-toronto-growing-up-i-was-a-ronaldo-fan\/\">In an interview with TSN<\/a>, he said he was a Ronaldo fan growing up.<\/p>\n<p>John Tavares<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto Maple Leafs forward and Mississauga-born John Tavares was spotted at today\u2019s match cheering on Portugal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the 2025-2026 season, Tavares crossed the 30-goal threshold for the eighth time in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple celebrities attended Thursday\u2019s World Cup match at Toronto Stadium as Portugal and Croatia battled it out for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[712,49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-776776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}