“Fire and Fury” author Michael Wolff on Monday disputed Steve Bannon’s claim that he meant his “treasonous” comment for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and not Donald Trump Jr.

“I like Steve, I’m grateful for the time he gave me, the insights he gave me, and I don’t want to put him in more hot water than he is already in, but it was not directed at Manafort, it was directed directly at Don Jr.,” Wolff said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, is quoted in Wolff’s explosive book calling a meeting Trump Jr., Manafort and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had with Russian officials at Trump Tower in June 2016 “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”

When excerpts began to be released last week that included quotes from Bannon, President Trump chalked them up to his former top strategist “losing his mind.”

By Sunday, Bannon was trying to make amends by expressing “regret” for making the remarks about the president’s son and clarifying that they were directed at Manafort.

“Donald Trump Jr. is both a patriot and a good man,” he said in a statement to Axios, while declaring his “unwavering” support for the president and his agenda.

Asked about Bannon’s remarks in the book that special counsel Robert Mueller would “crack Don Jr. like an egg on national TV,” Wolff said Bannon believed “there was obstruction.”

“I think he believes Don Jr. had no idea what he was doing,” Wolff said, adding that the meeting with a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin was his way to prove he had the chops to work on the campaign.

“He had to do something to show his father he had the stuff,” Wolff said.

In his apology, Bannon said Manafort, “a seasoned campaign professional,” should have known better than to meet with Russians during the campaign.

“He should have known they are duplicitous, cunning and not our friends,” Bannon said.