A response from Michael Kay during an appearance on First Take went viral Thursday after host Molly Qerim and panelist Stephen A. Smith agreed that the New York Rangers “don’t count” in a topic on who the most likely champion from New York would be.
During The Michael Kay Show Thursday, Kay recapped his appearance on the ESPN program and argued that even though Smith and Qerim tried to couch their opinion, it was still the truth in their eyes.
“‘No disrespect’, she said, but if you say it doesn’t count, that’s disrespect,” Kay said. “The Rangers are built to win the Stanley Cup! So I said the Rangers.”
Co-host Don La Greca argued that Qerim was expertly covering for Stephen A. Smith, who obviously wasn’t going to be able to converse about the potential of the New York Rangers winning the Stanley Cup.
Kay joked that his trip to the studios to appear on First Take wasn’t worth it, saying “I was in the car for two hours and on the set for 15 minutes.”
When asked by co-host Peter Rosenberg if he wanted to be on the show for the whole two hours, Kay said “You could even brand it. Stephen A. and Michael Kay. It rhymes!”
After the comments went viral, Smith asked critics to “relax”, noting that he was just “having a good time” on the program.
