Maybe Pete Hegseth should add Brian Kilmeade to some of his group chats.

Seeking to quiet rumors he’s not long for the job, the embattled defense secretary on Tuesday joined “Fox & Friends,” where co-host Kilmeade proceeded to introduce him as the “former” secretary.

In his rush to correct himself, Kilmeade then introduced Hegseth as the “current secretary of state” ― a role instead occupied by one Marco Rubio.

“Here to set the record straight himself, uh, the former secretary ― current secretary of state, Pete Hegseth,” Kilmeade said.

Hegseth, a former Fox co-host, offered a tight-lipped smile in response and gamely bobbed his head:

Rumors about Hegseth’s future in President Donald Trump’s administration have been swirling after The New York Times reported the defense secretary shared details of an impending military attack on Yemen in a group chat with his wife, brother, personal lawyer and about a dozen other people in his personal circle.

It’s the second time Hegseth’s been implicated in a group chat fiasco in less than a month. In March, Americans learned of a similar group chat after Trump officials mistakenly added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to a war strike group chat, to the editor’s extreme disbelief.

Instead of owning the mistakes, Hegseth blamed “deep state forces” for the dysfunction in his “Fox & Friends” interview.

Last week, chief Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot resigned, warning in an opinion piece for Politico of more bombshell stories to come.

“It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon,” Ullyot wrote. “From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president — who deserves better from his senior leadership.”