Pete Hegseth, a veteran and TV personality tapped to be Trump's secretary of defense, recently said that women should not be in combat roles.

The Fox News anchor appeared on a podcast released on November 7, before getting the nod from the President-elect on Tuesday, and expressed his unvarnished views on women in the military.

"I'm straight up just saying we shouldn't have women in combat roles. It hasn't made us more effective, it hasn't made us more lethal, it has made fighting more complicated," Hegseth told the “Shawn Ryan Show” while promoting his book, “The War on Warriors."

He admitted he was surprised he has not received more “blowback” for his position, which is outlined in his book. The 44-year-old added that women he served with are “great.”

As the conversation moved on, host Shawn Ryan, a former U.S. Navy SEAL said, “Because when you said it gets complicated, yeah, it does get complicated. I mean, sex happens everywhere.”

Hegseth then clarified that his comments about women referred to “physical, labor-intensive” military roles such as the Green Berets, “where strength is a differentiator.”

“Give me a female pilot all day long, I've got no issue with that,” Hegseth added.