Those familiar with Nick Wright are well aware of his devout fandom and support for the Kansas City Chiefs over the years. So naturally, he had a quite miserable time on Monday’s edition of First Things First, a feeling only amplified by some relentless trolling from his cohosts.
With the possibility of the Chiefs achieving history by becoming the first team to win three consecutive Super Bowl championships with a win on Sunday, Monday’s show should have been a grand occasion for Wright to gloat about his hometown team.
That didn’t happen, as the Philadelphia Eagles cruised to a 40-22 victory over the Chiefs in a game that looked closer on the box score than it ever did for viewers at home.
Wright was not in a mood to celebrate the Eagles’ victory on Monday’s show. However, those behind the scenes at FS1 and Wright’s cohosts, Kevin Wildes and Chris Broussard, put together a public celebration regardless.
Kicking off the show, Wildes reminded Wright of his confidence in the Chiefs defeating the Eagles and achieving history, telling him that FS1 would be using several props to celebrate the result of Super Bowl LIX despite the Chiefs’ loss because the network “doesn’t have an unlimited budget.”
This led to Wildes firing off multiple confetti cannons, which—unsurprisingly—didn’t sit well with Wright.
“Live from New York. It is a show that is in a bit of a predicament,” said Wiles. “You see, we don’t have an unlimited budget here. We kinda have to put some bets on the board. So, we really prepared because you were so persistent. You told me all year you were practicing. I was arguing about point differential…
“We planned this whole thing for Chiefs — and we are still going to do it. We have to do it. We can’t return all of this stuff. It just is what it is at this point; I’m sorry.”
Wright attended last year’s Chiefs Super Bowl parade for an on-site edition of First Things First. While he won’t be attending a Chiefs Super Bowl parade this time around, FS1 executives brought a mock Chiefs Super Bowl parade to Wright moments later with a live marching band and dancers on Monday’s show.
Unfortunately for Wright, things only got worse when a choir joined the trio on set to sing a minute-long song about how the Chiefs played their “F game” and how Tom Brady is “still the GOAT.”
It’s hard to feel too bad for Wright, considering the recent string of success the Chiefs have had. But given the NFL history at stake for Kansas City, this one might sting for a while.