Mike Brzezinski said she was "surprised at the backlash" to the recent meeting she and her "Morning Joe" co-host (and husband) Joe Scarborough had with president-elect Donald Trump. Brzezinski made the comment while appearing on "The Daily Beast Podcast" on Wednesday.

It’s no secret that things on Morning Joe can get tense at times, but host Mika Brzezinski absolutely loves her job. “My favorite part of the job is working with this incredible team,” she told Woman’s World in a recent interview.

UPDATED, with Trump comment: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said that they met with Donald Trump on Friday, in what they described as an effort to restart communications with the president-elect after years of criticism and warning about his rhetoric and potential return to office.

MSNBC viewers are revolting as viewership for "Morning Joe" has taken a hit after its hosts revealed they had a meeting with President-elect Trump.

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" continues to see its audience evaporate since co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski told viewers they met with President-elect Trump.

Scarborough and Brzezinski have come under fire from both liberals and conservatives this week who accused them of hypocrisy for routinely denouncing Trump, only to then seek his company after he was elected.

Donald Trump Jr. criticized Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for visiting his father, former President Donald Trump, at Mar-a-Lago after the journalists had previously compared the president-elect to Adolf Hitler.

The network is "hemorrhaging their audience, and this, of course, only exacerbates the reason," she explains The post MSNBC Contributor Jennifer Rubin Slams ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts’ Trump Visit at Mar-a-Lago: ‘Appalling’ | Video appeared first on TheWrap.