There wasn't actually much keeping Anthony from telling Michael how much like bullshit that sounded to him, other than the fact that it partly occurred to him why Michael was trying to hold onto the idea that it wasn't as bad as it really actually was. So instead of giving another sarcastic reply, he bit his bottom lip. Though, he really really wanted to say more.
"Yeah. Right," Anthony tried to actually say lightly, but even to him it just came off a bit more as if he was taking a bit of a break and would return to heavily disagreeing with Michael on how bad this new development was or wasn't the next chance he got. Which, was likely actually true, he suspected.