Former Obama White House press secretary Josh Earnest says he doesn’t “feel a ton of sympathy” for his successor, Sean Spicer.

At an event at George Washington University on Sunday, Earnest told CNN’s Dana Bash that Spicer “knew what he was getting into” with President Trump.

"Sean's not the victim of a bait and switch. It's not like he met President Trump on his first day,” Earnest said, according to a CNN report. "It's not as if Sean met President Trump on Sean's first day of the White House. Sean worked for the Trump campaign and the [Republican National Committee] and the transition.”

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Earnest said he hopes the current White House press secretary will succeed and “educate the American public about what’s happening in the White House.”

Earnest said the one area he does empathize with Spicer on is anonymous criticism from within the White House.

Earnest said he was “fortunate to be on a team of people that hung close together" under the Obama administration.

"There have been number of times where Sean has been the center of some firestorm — where within 24 hours there are anonymous White House officials criticizing him," Earnest said.

"The job of being the White House press secretary is hard enough without having people that are supposed to be on your team criticizing you and undermining you in public.”

In an interview in December before leaving the White House, Earnest advised Spicer to “be honest” and to try to “faithfully represent” the president’s view.

"Make sure you know where the president’s heads at,” Earnest said in a December interview with CNN’s “Reliable Sources." “Because your ability to faithfully represent his point of view is critically important.”