Former House Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE (R-Ohio) said in an article published on Sunday that a profanity-laced confrontation with then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidOn The Trail: Battle over Ginsburg replacement threatens to break Senate Democrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Graham signals support for confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year MORE (D-Nev.) outside the Oval Office in 2013 brought the two men closer together.

“I walked right up to him and said, ‘Harry, you can go f--- yourself. You ever listen to that shit that comes out of your mouth?’ ” Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE told Politico, recounting his discussion with Reid after the Nevada Democrat blasted Boehner on the Senate floor. Then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (R-Ky.) was also reportedly present during the confrontation.

“I thought McConnell was going to have a heart attack," Boehner told Politico.

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But Reid told the news outlet that while Boehner's words were harsh, the Republican clearly wanted a better relationship with Reid.

“Then he said, ‘We’ve got to get along better,’ ” Reid recalled, according to Politico.

“That’s one reason I like him. He’s not a phony. … He wanted me to know that he wanted us to get along. So that was his way of telling me," Reid said.

Boehner, who announced his resignation in 2015, told the publication the two became "really good friends" after the episode.

Reid retired roughly over a year after Boehner, and has offered commentary on their "special relationship" in the past.

“I stepped out of bounds, he thought, so he said, ‘Go f--- yourself,’ ” Reid told The Huffington Post in 2015 after Boehner announced his resignation. “OK, I can accept that. Wasn’t the first time. I appreciate his being honest with me. And I have found that always to be the case with John Boehner, so I will miss him.”