Fox News accidentally fired Pete Hegseth from the Defense Department a bit prematurely on Tuesday morning. Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade introduced Hegseth before their interview as the “former secretary” of defense on Tuesday before quickly correcting himself,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to his former employer Fox News to defend his tenure amid new revelations that he shared military plans on a Signal group chat and a bombshell op ed from a former spokesperson who described the Pentagon atmosphere as the “month from hell.

Kilmeade pointed out Tuesday that many of the employees let go from the Pentagon were people that Hegseth brought on as close allies and were shown the door without even being asked to show the contents of their phones, something you’d expect in any leak investigation.