Celebrities and sports have always gone together like Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s bat and a game-changing home run. And as the Toronto Blue Jays build momentum in their World Series fight against the Los Angeles Dodgers — the city that’s essentially the celebrity major leagues — plenty of famous fans are getting into it.
Game 5 had its fair share of boldface names in the stands, including an enthusiastic Charlize Theron, dripped out in Dodgers merch, and a conversely incognito Leonardo DiCaprio who opted for an onyx Dodgers ballcap.
“Euphoria” star Maude Apatow and her mother, actress Leslie Mann, wore matching satin Dodgers jackets, while “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper watched with Ellen Pompeo.
At game 4 at Dodgers Stadium, seated in front of baseball royalty — legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax — sat ex-royalty, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Despite Harry’s father being the current Canadian head of state and Markle having lived in Toronto for nearly a decade during her time playing Rachel Zane on “Suits,” the Duke and Duchess of Sussex watched the game in matching Dodgers ballcaps.
To be fair, Markle was born and raised in L.A. and the couple lives in Southern California, but Jays fans did not take kindly to this perceived slight. A wave of boos rumbled through the Rogers Centre watch party when the couple was highlighted on the broadcast. On Reddit, an r/Torontobluejays thread about the pair’s allegiance has over 200 comments ranging from support to outright contempt.
Harry and Meghan weren’t the only familiar faces in la la land for game 4. Among many celebs in the star-studded stands, Lebron and Savannah James were spotted strolling into Dodgers Stadium, a mustachioed Brad Pitt caught the action alongside Flea, the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s bassist.
Actress Sydney Sweeney, who once threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, wore a Shohei Ohtani jersey to watch the game in the stands with boxer Christy Martin, whom she plays in the biopic “Christy.”
On Oct. 27, Justin Bieber attended Game 3 with his wife, Hailey Bieber, while wearing a powder blue Blue Jays jersey with “Bieber” emblazoned on the back; it’s convenient that pitcher Shane Bieber shares his last name.
The London, Ont.-born and Stratford-raised singer — who is also famously a Toronto Maple Leafs supporter — posed for photos with fans before intently watching the 18-inning game.
For Canadian-born Michael Bublé, this World Series is stirring up some tension: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani walks up to the plate to the tune of his hit song, “Feelin’ Good.”
“My beloved Blue Jays are going to go up against my hero. I’m conflicted,” Bublé said on the Stephen A. Smith Show podcast. He confirmed that “number one, my heart is Canadian” although he did add that there is “something deeply sensual” about watching Ohtani play.
Meanwhile, self-identified “superfan” Mary Hart has been at every Dodgers Stadium game. Ahead of the World Series, she was interviewed by Los Angeles TV station KTLA, sitting in front of a framed, signed Dodgers shirt the team gave her when she retired from hosting “Entertainment Tonight.” She spoke about her delight on the day Ohtani signed to L.A. two years ago — an opportunity the Jays narrowly missed out on, and the experience of watching him play this season. “It was a collective ‘Are you kidding me?’,” she said.
The bandwagon (and the competition to get into those VIP boxes) is sure to grow as the two teams battle it out in the World Series. So in the spirit of friendly competition, we drew up a starting lineup from each celebrity fan club, Jays to Dodgers, head-to-head.
Batter up!
The “super” fans: Simu Liu vs. Chris Pratt
Canadian actor Simu Liu, who played superhero Shang-Chi in the Marvel film, experienced game 3’s nearly seven hours of baseball up close. Seated just to the left of home plate, Liu chronicled the action and heartbreak on his Instagram Stories. “It’s the 15th inning. I’ve lost all concept of time,” Liu posted before the game’s painful conclusion. “I feel like I’m stuck in Groundhog Day. But I can’t leave. I can never leave my team. I have to pee.”
After the Jays won game 5, Liu reposted graphics celebrating rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage’s record-setting 12 strikeouts.
While Chris Pratt, a.k.a. Star Lord from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, has yet to be spotted at Dodgers Stadium this year, during last year’s World Series, he and his son, Jack, flexed their biceps on the Jumbotron. The year prior, Pratt threw the game’s opening pitch, as Jack looked on, both in their matching “Pratt” Dodgers jerseys. Pratt said on Instagram that they commemorated the “faith and family day” by eating their weight in Dodger dogs.
The beefing fans: Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar
Toronto’s biggest cheerleader, Drake, is a long-term Blue Jays fan who celebrated the moment the team clinched their World Series spot at a watch party that exploded in ear-splitting cheers. “BIG SHOW ITS UP 6’ERRRRRRRS,” he captioned an F-bomb heavy video on Instagram Stories.
Drake watched game one of the World Series at the Rogers Centre, on his 39th birthday, wearing a Don Bosco Eagles letterman jacket that appeared to pay tribute to late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. He also wore a Toronto sports-themed diamond pendant featuring Raptors, Blue Jays and Maple Leaf logos climbing on the CN Tower.
The dramatic potential of Drake’s fandom is heightened by the fact that his nemesis, Kendrick Lamar, is a noted L.A. Dodgers fan. Lamar has thrown the first pitch at a Dodgers game twice, most recently in 2022 when he threw a strike.
The two rappers have been involved in a highly publicized feud in recent years, trading diss tracks that culminated in Lamar’s Grammy-winning “Not Like Us.” That resulted in Drake suing their shared record label for defamation; the lawsuit was dismissed earlier this month.
The internet has pounced on this home team faceoff. “The grand finale to the Kendrick-Lamar Drake feud will take place at the World Series,” joked one X commenter, while another said the World Series is “literally the Drake/Kendrick feud in baseball form.”
The smooth singer fans: Nelly Furtado vs. Tinashe
Days after Nelly Furtado announced that she’ll be stepping away from live performance, the Canadian singer hit the Rogers Centre for game 2 decked out in a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. jersey and Jays cap. As the top comment on her Instagram post reads, “Can you imagine. Going to a baseball game and casually sitting next to NELLY FURTADO.” Jays fans seated in the lower bowl section to the left of third base lived this reality.
For game 4, R&B singer Tinashe gave a roof-raising rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at Dodgers Stadium. On the field, she wore a neutral ensemble before changing into a Dodgers jersey in the stands. Thankfully, for Jays and Dodgers players and fans alike, Tinashe’s American national anthem rendition did not have the same consequences as country star Brad Paisley’s — the country singer performed ahead of both 18-inning games in World Series history.
The family fans: Eugene and Dan Levy vs. Billie Eilish and Finneas
The elder Levy — who was also courtside for the Raptors’ championship win in 2019 — was spotted at the Blue Jays’ nail-biting final game of the American League Championship.
His son Dan wasn’t at that game but has proven his fan bona fides by authorizing the league to use a cardboard cut-out of him to fill out the crowd during the pandemic era’s reduced audience capacity.
Also keeping it in the family are Billie Eilish and her collaborator and brother Finneas, who are avid Dodgers fans. The sibs were spotted fully decked out and happily taking selfies at game one of last year’s World Series. In 2022, the Jumbotron caught Eilish bopping to her own song, “Bad Guy,” in the stands, and she wore a Dodgers hat to this year’s Grammy awards.
The hardcore fans: Geddy Lee vs. Bryan Cranston
There’s being a fan, and then there’s “Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston, who recently narrated a documentary about the L.A. Dodgers. He’s so invested in his team that their back-to-back losses decades ago remains painful. “Those two World Series in the ‘70s broke my heart,” he said in an interview last year.
But Rush legend Geddy Lee takes the superfandom trophy. He has been at almost every single Jays game this season, but his fandom extends off the field, too. His collection of over 400 signed baseballs now resides at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Missouri, and he recently published a book, “72 Stories: From the Baseball Collection of Geddy Lee,” on the sport he loves and his vast collection of memorabilia.
The pop star fans: The Weeknd vs. John Legend
When a young The Weeknd posed for a photo wearing a Blue Jays T-shirt, there’s no way he could have known that one day, it would end up being featured on the team’s official social media. As he noted himself, he’d one day play concerts at the same stadium where he watched games, back when it was called The SkyDome. “I just want to take in this moment right now,” he said. “This has been a dream for a very long time, I used to come watch Blue Jays games here, it’s crazy.”
Fast forward to present day, and he’s narrated a hype track for the team on social media. “These Blue Jays, armed with a new edge and a never-say-die attitude find themselves on the brink of a legacy all their own,” he says over a montage of the city. “Our city, buzzing. Our nation, consumed. Canada’s team just one step closer to fulfilling the ultimate goal.”
Over in L.A., balladeer and The Voice host John Legend is raising his own three children with Chrissy Teigen to be Dodgers superfans. Last year, the whole family was spotted at The World Series when L.A. faced off with The Yankees. “Wow. One of the craziest live sports moments I’ve seen,” he said on Instagram of the walk off grand glam at the bottom of the tenth inning in game one. This September, Legend shared on Instagram that he and his son were in the stands for their “first game of the season.” No doubt they’ll be back this weekend.
The photogenic fans: Shay Mitchell vs. Rob Lowe
If you type “Blue Jays fan fashion” into Pinterest, you’ll almost certainly be served a 2015 picture of Pretty Little Liars star turned entrepreneur Shay Mitchell wearing a Roots x Blue Jays jacket. “You can take the girl out of Canada but you can’t take Canada out of her roots,” wrote the L.A.-based actress at the time.
Just as photogenic is Brat Pack heartthrob Rob Lowe, who is often snapped in the stands and posted a picture of himself on the field after a Dodgers win in October.
In 2017, he made good on a tweet promising that he would “literally” (a reference to his “Parks and Recreation” character Chris Trager) wave a flag for the Dodgers to welcome them home to the stadium after they lost the World Series to Houston. He earned the ire of his childhood hometown, Cincinnati, for cheering on the Dodgers when they played the Reds in this year’s playoffs.
Correction – Oct. 27, 2025
This article was updated from a previous version to note that Drake watched game one of the World Series at the Rogers Centre wearing a Don Bosco Eagles letterman jacket that appeared to pay tribute to late former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, the brother of Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
