Chris Hansen shared his brutally honest review of Robert Pattinson’s “bizarre” portrayal after watching “Primetime.”
“It was so bizarre and so far removed from reality,” the journalist said Friday on his “Have A Seat With Chris Hansen” podcast.
“Obviously I’m not objective because the character is, you know, me, but he was so detached from reality or anything that I experienced then or now doing the investigation,” he added.
“I’m not sure what the point of that is.”
Hansen, who caught suspected pedophiles in “To Catch a Predator” from 2004 to 2007, criticized Pattinson’s performance, saying his “version of Chris Hansen” was “so detached, so deranged, so dark, so unlikeable.”
“I mean, it upset my colleagues, current and former.” Hansen, 67, said, adding that about 13 members of his former crew saw the film with him.
Hansen also criticized director Lance Oppenheim, 30, for having a “dark picture of what he wanted to do.”
“He wanted to create a horror film with interesting photography and didn’t want to hear anything else,” Hansen said. “(He) didn’t want his mind to be polluted by anything positive that he had actually achieved over the last 22 years.”
The former “Killer Instinct” host said Hollywood was trying to “demonize” him and turn him into a “bad guy” for “doing what I think is a really good job” catching pedophiles.
“You have to ask yourself why you haven’t come forward and spoken to me or anyone I’ve worked closely with over the years,” he said.
“And they didn’t want to hear that Chris Hansen is a good guy. They didn’t want to hear that this job is important,” Hansen added.
“In a way, it’s a hit on me and on the show, which is weird.”
Page Six reached out to representatives for Pattinson and Oppenheim for comment, but did not immediately respond.
In August, Hansen previously shaded the decision to cast the “Twilight” star, 40, in the psychological crime thriller.
“I didn’t get to choose my own man,” he said on the “Serially” podcast at the time, while discussing his thoughts on the upcoming A24 film.
“I always thought – I had discussions years ago, I had a script worked out – Denis Leary (would play me), based on the age of it all,” he shared.
Hansen acknowledged that Hollywood wanted a “business venture to succeed.”
In response, Pattinson said he hoped Hansen would like the film.
“I hope, in some way, that his character has inspired so many people who have been involved in this project for years now,” the “Batman” actor said at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
“I hope that’s some sort of compliment,” he added.
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