'What are you talking about, man?' Kash Patel chided after 'genuinely baffling' interview

FBI Director Kash Patel has said some genuinely strange stuff in the past, but some of his most "baffling" work occurred during a recent podcast interview, according to one columnist.

Patel and his girlfriend, 27-year-old country music singer Alexis Wilkins, appeared on "The Katie Miller Podcast" on Wednesday, a show hosted by the wife of President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller. During the interview, Miller tossed Patel several softball questions about criticism he's received to help him "dress down the haters and losers," Luke Winkie, a staff writer for Slate, argued in a new column.

However, there was a moment where Patel offered something "genuinely baffling" to the audience, Winkie argued.

"If there is one theme throughout the dialogue, it is Patel laying the blame for all of his grievances at the feet of the fourth estate," Winkie wrote. "In that sense, he’s following a well-worn track laid out by Trump. But Patel’s demeanor is genuinely baffling."

"My favorite of these swipes is when Miller asks Patel when he might get engaged to Wilkins," he continued. "He retorts by saying that he won’t 'let the media determine the speed in which this relationship moves.' What? What are you talking about, man?"

"I implore every boyfriend reading this to give that line a shot the next time the topic of marriage comes up: 'The New York Times doesn’t control me!!' Let me know how it goes," he added.

Read the entire column by clicking here.