Anthony Scaramucci, who recently left his post as White House communications director, said Tuesday he was largely "joking" in the comments he made to a New Yorker reporter about other Trump administration officials.

"Most of what I said was humorous and joking," Scaramucci told the Huffington Post on Tuesday, referring to his now-infamous phone call to Ryan Lizza. "Legally, it may have been on the record, but the spirit of it was off. And he knew that."

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While Scaramucci claims his insulting remarks were mostly not serious, he received strong backlash for his expletive-filled phone call that many cable news network hosts have had difficulty repeating on air.

Scaramucci referred to then-White House chief of staff Reince Priebus as a "f---ing paranoid schizophrenic."

He also claimed White House strategist Steve Bannon is only in his role for media attention.

“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own c---,” he said. “I’m not trying to build my own brand off the f---ing strength of the President. I’m here to serve the country.”

Despite feeling betrayed that Lizza published an account of the phone call, Scaramucci told the news outlet that they are old family friends.

“The Lizzas and Scaramuccis have been friends for over 50 years. My dad knew his dad from construction, and we were building a personal relationship," he said.