The Great One didn’t mean to offend anyone.

Wayne Gretzky set the record straight for all of those Canadians who criticized him for the love of his home country on Wednesday.

In an exclusive interview with the 100% Hockey podcast , featuring well-respected broadcasters Daren Millard and John Shannon, Gretzky told the two that he can’t control what United States President Donald Trump says or does, but admitted that the criticism hurt him.

Trump has stated publicly that Canada should become the 51st state.

“People are going to say and believe what they want,” Gretzky said in the 50-minute interview. “The bottom line is, I know in my heart I’m Canadian, I’ve stayed Canadian and I’m a Canadian for life.

“I had a lot of support. You’ve got to take the good with the bad. It probably wo

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