FBI director Kash Patel slammed for ‘f****** shameful’ behavior at Olympic hockey final

FBI Director Kash Patel has faced an onslaught of comments online after footage went viral of his celebration in the men's hockey locker room following the team's Olympic gold win.

The 2026 Winter Olympics came to a close yesterday (February 22) and saw the US take home a plethora of medals - 33 to be exact.

One of Team USA's wins saw the men's hockey team take home gold. And who should be there to join the team in their locker room celebration in Milan but FBI Director Kash Patel.

While an armed man was shot and killed trying to sneak into one of US President Donald Trump's resort and US tourists were left stranded in Mexico after the killing of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, just hours later a video emerged online of the FBI director caught on camera celebrating the US hockey team's win. And he certainly celebrated hard.

Shared widely on social media, the footage shows Patel dressed up in a white USA shirt, singing along with players and chugging a beer before spraying it across the locker room.

And sure enough, it's not taken long for the comments to flood in.

Xochitl Hinojosa, the spokeswoman for former Attorney General Merrick Garland, said in a post to X: "There was a threat at the president’s residence at MAL, Americans in Mexico are facing major threats by cartel members, Nancy Guthrie is still missing, and our FBI Director thinks he’s a frat bro?!"

Another added: "There's still three million Epstein files to be released to the American public, and this is what your FBI Director is doing instead."

A Reddit user simply branded it 'f**king shameful,' with another responding: "Can you imagine what it must be like for Epstein's victims and their families to see this? It just boggles the mind. It’s too sickening to even properly comprehend."

Others questioned whether Patel had flown to Milan 'on a government jet to watch Olympic hockey on the taxpayers' dime'.

However, another X user clarified: "The FBI Director is required to take his 'government jet' any time he travels, for security reasons. So there is nothing illegal or unethical about an FBI Director traveling somewhere in his jet."

That did little to take away from just how unimpressed social media users were with the behavior and Patel himself has since responded to the criticism.

The FBI director wrote in a post to X on February 23: "For the very concerned media - yes, I love America and was extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys- Greatest country on earth and greatest sport on earth."

It follows an earlier post which reads: "Unity, Sacrifice, Attitude- what it takes to be the best in the world. These men live and breathe it. Now Team USA are gold medal champions, legends standing on the shoulders of giants. Thank you for representing the greatest country on earth, in the greatest game ever created. congrats boys @usahockey."

UNILAD has contacted the FBI for further comment.