“Infuriated would be an understatement” – Evander Frank Kane slams radio host Jeff O’Neill’s ‘disgusting’ comment about daughter

“Infuriated would be an understatement” – Evander Frank Kane slams radio host Jeff O’Neill’s ‘disgusting’ comment about daughter

Evander Frank Kane

Canadian ice hockey player Evander Frank Kane is back to the Edmonton Oilers on a one-year contract in the National Hockey League (NHL). The left-winger recently broke his silence on the ongoing controversy after former NHLer and current broadcaster Jeff O’Neill shared his opinion on him.

The Canadian radio host commented on Kane returning to the league considering the mountain of off-ice issues on his resume.

“I would try to repair – not his relationship with anybody else, but just himself,” O’Neill said recently on TSN1050. “Because if the guy’s a total idiot and a goof and a jerk, no matter what happens, everyone is going to hate his guts. And that’s one thing, but he’s got to try to fix himself, his relationship with his kid.”

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“I wish Jeff played in the NHL right now” 

Jeff O’Neill and Evander Frank Kane
Jeff O’Neill and Evander Frank Kane

The Vancouver native Kane was left off the San Jose Sharks’ opening day roster owing to the allegations from his ex-wife Anna of sexual assault, domestic abuse, and gambling on his games. He was also under scrutiny and was under investigation for submitting a fake vaccine card.

Reacting to Jeff’s comment on his personal affairs, the Oilers winger didn’t shy away from reckoning that “infuriated would be an understatement when I heard that”. He said:

“The other day I’m listening to a radio show my buddy sent me via text. It’s Jeff O’Neill talking,” Kane said. “He negatively said something about me and then followed it up by saying ‘he just needs to focus on having a better relationship with his daughter.’ Infuriated would be an understatement when I heard that. Infuriated. Because you are literally making a judgment about my relationship with my daughter and trying to use that in a negative way to portray me? That’s ridiculous. That’s crossing the line. I wish Jeff played in the NHL right now. That’s how mad I was.”

“People will go that extra mile to include whatever they think is juicy enough to continue to paint me in such a negative, toxic, evil way. By making up and insinuating that I have a poor relationship with my daughter. What do you know about me and my daughter and our relationship? It’s disgusting,” Evander, 30, added.

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