Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Thursday night called out Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for complaining about the network’s coverage of his rival in the Republican presidential primary, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).

O’Reilly played a clip of Cruz in South Carolina on Wednesday sarcastically noting the attention Rubio received after he finished third in the Iowa caucus.

“I am looking forward to a week of wall-to-wall coverage of Fox News on the impressive third place finish which Marco Rubio got,” Cruz said. “So I’m sure that’s what we’re gonna see on every show on Fox today — the shockingly impressive third place finish of Cruz.”

O’Reilly said he often sympathizes with candidates who are not treated fairly by the media, but the Fox host seemed to think Cruz’s complaint was unfounded.

“Well, I can’t speak for all of Fox News, but I can tell you that Sen. Rubio has been much easier for us to book than Sen. Cruz. In fact, Marco Rubio will be with us in about two minutes. And Senator Cruz will not be with us, even though we invited him tonight,” O’Reilly said.

He added that he’s invited Cruz on his show numerous times recently, but the Texas senator apparently declined.

“I don’t really know what else to do. I’ll even buy him dinner,” O’Reilly said.

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H/t Mediaite