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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks while taping an interview with Sean Hannity during a campaign stop in Orlando, Fla. | AP Photo Hannity: 'I've been more than fair' to Cruz

Sean Hannity said Wednesday night that he has been "more than fair" to Ted Cruz, a day after clashing with the Texas senator over his line of questioning over his delegate strategy.

During a discussion with David Limbaugh, Hannity's attorney and a Cruz supporter, Hannity remarked that "this has happened in the last three interviews that I’ve had with Sen. Cruz."

"I feel like I’ve been more than fair to him. If you have legitimate criticism, as a friend I’m willing to listen to it," Hannity said. "I think it’s a very important question, I don’t think people understand it. I listen to people that write me and people that text me and people on Twitter."

Limbaugh said he did not think Cruz was actually mad at Hannity on his Tuesday radio show but rather at Donald Trump, blasting the "Alinskyite tactic" that the Republican front-runner "is using to get Cruz off message."

Limbaugh's more famous older brother defended Hannity on his own radio program Wednesday.

"I didn't hear rudeness. I heard a frustrated Hannity asking Cruz some questions," Rush Limbaugh said. "Look, my expectations on this are really raised up by all of this pre-hype that I heard about how rude Hannity was. But I frankly thought that Cruz could have done a better job answering the setup question when Hannity asked him about the delegates."

Radio host Rose Tennent said she found Cruz to be "somewhat condescending" toward Hannity and to the average listener who does not understand the ins and outs of the delegate process.

Hannity then concluded by saying the delegate process needs to be more transparent going forward, remarking that every delegate needs to be unbound.