Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer made a surprise appearance at the 2017 Emmy Awards and caused reporters to lose it.

Emmy host Stephen Colbert introduced Spicer, who entered the stage on a mobile podium similar to the one Melissa McCarthy used on "Saturday Night Live" to mock the former press secretary. Spicer took the opportunity to mock himself, and joked that the 2017 Emmy's would have the "largest audience ever," in reference to his earlier claim that President Donald Trump's inauguration had the biggest audience.

"This will be the largest audience to witness an Emmys, period! Both in person and around the world," said Spicer.

Reporters didn't find it funny.

The degree to which Sean Spicer has faced no consequences is a glimpse into the post-Trump future. — Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) September 18, 2017

Power is all about who gets forgiven. Who gets fresh starts. — Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 18, 2017

Steve Bannon got a 60 Minutes feature & Sean Spicer got an #Emmys cameo, but Hillary Clinton needs to "shut up & go away"? Mmkay. — Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) September 18, 2017

Shame on the Emmys for the Spicer validation. He is dedicated to demeaning our craft and restricting our freedoms of speech. #Unforgivable — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 18, 2017

enjoying all these awards for Resisting Trump Bravely With Art after the show asked us to laugh with Sean Spicer — Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 18, 2017

DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE 2018 SEAN SPICER REDEMPTION TOUR — Joanna Rothkopf (@joannarothkopf) September 18, 2017

Emmys helped Spicer pump up his "lecture" fees which is all that matters to him now. https://t.co/nzo5n8VuYx — Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) September 18, 2017

Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake sent out a flurry of tweets decrying the "normalization" of Spicer.

The normalization of Sean Spicer — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 18, 2017

We should not accept or laugh at falsehoods from White House podium. They are spokespeople, but they have a responsibility to the truth. — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 18, 2017

The moment we accept blatant falsehoods from Spicer/the White House podium is the moment they have no duty to be truthful. — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 18, 2017

CNN editor Chris Cillizza condemned Spicer's appearance in an "analysis" Monday. Cillizza said Hollywood "enabled" Spicer who was there joking about how he knowingly lied to the American people.