Principal Joe Clark approved the Ms. Powers remix to East Side High’s school song but would frown upon this. Praise thy name, praise thy name!

Just in time to garner a little extra promotion for his upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tyrese Gibson turned up to sing the national anthem last night at Game 5 of NBA’s Western Conference finals and ended up angering the patriotic masses by changing its words to better fit his rooting interest.

While belting out the pregame staple, Gibson unexpectedly did away with the seminal line “our flag was still there,” replacing the words with the boo-inciting “our Lakers were still there.” Gibson has yet to comment on the controversy, though he did twitter this morning that he feels “sick” and, due to his sudden yet unspecified illness, has canceled all activities for the day. [source]

Look on the bright side of things. This situation could have been a hell of a lot worse if Uncle Carl showed up to do the damn thing.

Or Cousin Kenny Mack.