{"id":1924381,"date":"2023-05-04T16:42:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nhl-star-p-k-subban-sparks-controversy-over-lizzo-sized-lunch-comment-during-nhl-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:44:42","slug":"former-nhl-star-p-k-subban-sparks-controversy-over-lizzo-sized-lunch-comment-during-nhl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nhl-star-p-k-subban-sparks-controversy-over-lizzo-sized-lunch-comment-during-nhl-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NHL player P.K. Subban causes uproar with &#8220;Lizzo-sized lunch&#8221; remark in NHL playoffs."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nhl-star-p-k-subban-sparks-controversy-over-lizzo-sized-lunch-comment-during-nhl-playoffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>P.K. Subban Under Fire for Controversial Comment About Lizzo<\/h2>\n<p>Former NHL defenseman turned ESPN analyst, P.K. Subban, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-health-officials-refuse-to-reveal-data-behind-lockdown-reversal\/\" title=\"Calif. health officials refuse to reveal data behind lockdown reversal\">facing backlash<\/a> after making a comment about singer Lizzo during his commentary for Game 1 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers\u2019 second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-knicks-to-only-sell-tickets-to-vaccinated-fans-if-they-advance-to-second-round-of-playoffs\/\" title=\"New York Knicks To Only Sell Tickets To Vaccinated Fans If They Advance To Second Round Of Playoffs\">-round series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they need to pack a Lizzo-sized lunch,\u201d Subban said, suggesting that Toronto wasn&#8217;t prepared for the game.<\/p>\n<p>While some fans defended Subban&#8217;s comment, others found it inappropriate and unprofessional. Many have called for an apology from the analyst.<\/p>\n<h3>Subban&#8217;s Career and ESPN Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Subban retired from professional hockey in September 2022 and joined ESPN as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nhl-star-p-k-subban-sparks-controversy-over-lizzo-sized-lunch-comment-during-nhl-playoffs\/\" title=\"Ex-NHL player P.K. Subban causes uproar with \"Lizzo-sized lunch\" remark in NHL playoffs.\">hockey analyst<\/a> last fall. He signed a three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-and-meghan-will-take-proper-time-off-after-baby-plan-real-quality-time-away\/\" title=\"Harry And Meghan Will Take \u2018Proper Time Off\u2019 After Baby, Plan \u2018Real Quality Time\u2019 Away\">-year deal<\/a> with the network, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>During his 13 seasons in the NHL, Subban played for the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n<h3>About Lizzo<\/h3>\n<p>Lizzo, the music superstar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/strategist-for-ousted-ca-governor-gray-davis-advising-gavin-newsom-set-up-war-room-to-smear-anyone-associated-with-recall-efforts\/\" title=\"Strategist For Ousted CA Governor Gray Davis Advising Gavin Newsom, Set Up \u2018War Room\u2019 to Smear Anyone Associated with Recall Efforts\">recently won<\/a> her fourth Grammy for &#8220;Record of the Year&#8221; for her hit song &#8220;About Damn Time.&#8221; She also made headlines for her stunning custom Chanel outfit at the Met Gala in New York City.<\/p>\n<h3>Takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>P.K. Subban is facing backlash for his comment about Lizzo during his ESPN commentary.<\/li>\n<li>Some fans defended Subban&#8217;s comment, while others found it inappropriate and unprofessional.<\/li>\n<li>Subban retired from professional hockey in September 2022 and joined ESPN as a hockey analyst last fall.<\/li>\n<li>Lizzo recently won her fourth Grammy and made headlines for her Met Gala outfit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether Subban will address the controversy and issue an apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>P.K. Subban appears to be in hot water after including Lizzo in his commentary Tuesday during the NHL playoffs, with some accusing the former defenseman of taking a shot at the singer\u2019s weight. When discussing Game 1 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers\u2019 second-round series, Subban \u2014 who retired from professional hockey in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1924382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[25832,25835,6423,7596,25833,4016,12422,4939,25834,20092],"class_list":["post-1924381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-lizzo-sized","tag-ex-nhl","tag-lunch","tag-nhl","tag-p-k","tag-player","tag-playoffs","tag-remark","tag-subban","tag-uproar"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}