(CNN) Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer made a surprise appearance on Friday in the briefing room he once oversaw -- but this time, on the other side of the lectern.

Spicer, who hosts a show on Newsmax, appeared to become the first former White House press secretary to question the President that they once served from the briefing room.

"Yeah please, in the back?" President Donald Trump said during Friday's coronavirus briefing, pointing to Spicer sitting in the last row of the briefing room with a press pass, but not addressing him by name.

Spicer asked about small businesses, with Trump responding that the government would be "helping them a lot," and about accusations that members of Congress used briefing information to inform stock trading, of which Trump said he was "not aware" before calling the senators in question "very honorable people."

Prior to the briefing, Spicer passed through the room, waving -- a marked shift from his antagonizing attitude toward reporters when he dealt with the White House press.