Michael Bublé Shared Psilocybin Mushroom Story at NHL All-Star Game, and Fans Were Perplexed
Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Bublé took the stage at the NHL’s All-Star festivities in Toronto on Thursday, where a press conference about his serving as co-captain of Team Hughes in Sunday’s game veered in a strange direction when he relayed a story about taking psilocybin mushrooms.
While it’s likely that Bublé was joking about consuming the hallucinogenic fungi, his anecdote was Hall of Fame worthy.
The question that was asked began with questions about Bublé’s fantasy hockey league, and then he let loose.
“Matt, I’m in more than one hockey league,” Bublé told the reporter. “In the LHL, which I’m in with you, I happen to be in fifth place. Even though I had no first overall pick, first pick even, I didn’t even have a first-rounder. And I still did what I had to do because of my genius. Second, I am first place in the FHL, [my] other fantasy hockey league.
”Third, my buddy told me, ‘This is just a microdose of mushrooms.’ And he was lying. So, I’ll be honest, I thought I was in Blades of Glory for most of the time that I was out there until it sort of settled down. And then I realized, ‘Holy s---. I am at the NHL All-Star Game.’”
Michael Buble answering a question about his fantasy hockey team that turns into how he took too many mushrooms isn’t the press conference we wanted, it’s the press conference we needed. #NHLAllStar @MichaelBuble pic.twitter.com/Gg1Qb3z6F3
— Julie Stewart-Binks (@JSB_TV) February 2, 2024
As to be expected, NHL fans were taken aback by Bublé’s tale. Here are some of the best reactions to the singer’s incredible press conference:
doing mushrooms with Michael Bublé is the V-Foundation auction package I didn't know I needed https://t.co/JFf9lw7ZkS
— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) February 2, 2024
Michael Bublé needs to do mushrooms before he does anything, forever… pic.twitter.com/rSH6IZZsC5
— Dean Blundell???????? (@ItsDeanBlundell) February 2, 2024
My mom when I told her Michael Bublé was on mushrooms at the all star draft. She’s too pure. pic.twitter.com/SyFPzSDqek
— big NYR energy. (@Palms4Prez) February 2, 2024
"michael buble high on mushrooms at the nhl all star game draft" is not a mad libs sentence i had on my bingo card for the first day of february 2024
— Hannah Stuart (@HockeywthHannah) February 2, 2024
Groundhog Day. If Michael Bublé emerges from his burrow and sees his shadow, he will maintain his mushroom high for six more weeks.
— Julio (@JulioHashem) February 2, 2024
Ultimately, one observer noted that Bublé’s yarn is almost certainly too good to be true. The singer noted as much with a comment on Instagram.
Michael Bublé mushroom-gate update pic.twitter.com/vRl15cazWh
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) February 2, 2024