Hilary Knight says Trump's 'distasteful joke' overshadowing women’s hockey gold

Olympian Hilary Knight responded to President Trump's comments about the women's hockey team during a leaked call.

Olympian Hilary Knight responded to President Donald Trump's viral call with the U.S. men's hockey team on ESPN on Wednesday.

"I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke, and unfortunately, that is overshadowing a lot of the success, the success of just women at the Olympics carrying for Team USA and having amazing gold medal feats," Knight said on "SportsCenter."

"We're just focusing on celebrating the women in our room, the extraordinary efforts, and continue to celebrate three gold medals in program history as well as the double gold for both men's and women's at the same time. And really not detract from that with a distasteful joke."

During a locker room call with the men's team, President Donald J. Trump invited the players to the State of the Union address. He briefly mentioned the women's hockey team, which also won gold during the Olympics, saying he had to invite them too, or he would be "impeached." The men's hockey team laughed at the president's remark, which Knight addressed in her conversation with ESPN.

"I think there's a genuine level of support there and respect (between the men's and women's teams), and I think that's being overshadowed by sort of a quick lapse," Knight said.