'What is he supposed to speak, moose?': TV host surprised Canadian K-Pop star speaks English

A television host in Los Angeles is receiving some viral backlash for appearing surprised that a Canadian K-Pop star spoke English.

The K-Pop group NCT 127 appeared on Fox’s Good Day L.A. on Tuesday where, following a performance, band member Mark Lee mentions he is from Vancouver. The anchor responds with: “Very cool, your English is awesome. I love it.”

Twitter user @haspuwu posted the clip online with the caption: “I mean he’s from Canada, what is he supposed to speak, moose?”

The tweet quickly gathered steam online, with many Canadians responding that they either speak moose or with suggestions for other Canadian lingo.

“’Maple Syrup on the Queen on a Moose meeting the Prime Minister and Drinking Tim Hortons Eh’ roughly translates to: “Can I borrow your shovel” in Canadian,” one user wrote.

The tweet has gathered more than 158,000 views since Tuesday.

NCT 127’s new album “Regular Irregular” premieres Friday.

“Your english is awesome , I love it”

I mean he’s from Canada , what is he supposed to speak , moose? pic.twitter.com/goGiN4FDmR
— leaf (@haspuwu) October 9, 2018

this is a predebut video i found of mark pic.twitter.com/tFCb0sYlqX
— m (@pentagetgon) October 10, 2018

Maple Syrup on the Queen on a Moose meeting the Prime Minister and Drinking Tim Hortons Eh.....roughly translates to: Can I borrow your shovel in Canadian
— #JIMTOBER (@by_chim) October 11, 2018