Does anyone wonder what ever happened to American Idol co-host Brian Dunkleman? Current host with a million jobs, Ryan Seacrest, took it upon himself to bring this to light when he joked about his former co-worker on this past week’s episode.

Ryan joked that Dunkleman would appear in next week’s Idol Gives Back special; the audience applauded, failing to sense that Seacrest was joking. Dunkleman didn’t find anything funny about Seacrest’s remark:

“Yeah, I think so, sure—but it was a joke. Well, it was an attempt at a joke. But unfortunately for Ryan, instead of a laugh, he got applause. That’s never really been his strong suit. But it was a joke, and whether it was mean-spirited or not is irrelevant. A joke’s a joke; you can either take it or you can’t.”

No worries from Dunkleman, though—he almost seems numb to the jokes by now:

“And quite honestly, once you’ve had Jimmy Kimmel say in a monologue that you should be punched in the face, and at this point you’d probably be receptive to a knife in the gut, I think what Seacrest said was pretty tame.”

Dunkleman also offered some underlying issues that may have prompted Seacrest to make the comment on Dunkleman. “That’s why the timing doesn’t surprise me. Dancing with the Stars has replaced Idol as the number one show for, what, the last two weeks? I’m sure that’s sending Seacrest into a panic. It’s not surprising that he would act crazy to get attention, or throw my name out there—he’s done things like this before.”