Chris Hansen declined to watch an early showing of Primetime , due to what he claimed was an overly restrictive agreement he had to sign (which was later characterized as a standard preview audience NDA). But now, Hansen headed to the theater like anyone else to watch Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of him in Primetime this weekend. And he has thoughts.

Chris Hansen famously hosted To Catch a Predator from 2004 to 2007, setting up stings with actors playing underage teens, catching men trying to meet them in the act. He’d appear with his camera crew, and after telling them to take a seat, talk to them about why they’d shown up. Then the cops would swarm them as they left.

Primetime is a dramatic interpretation of that era, a complex look at the situation which has Pattinson dive deeper into Hansen as a showman. Hansen had this to say about his portrayal after seeing the film, chatting with FOX News’ Jesse Watters:

“It was so bizarre and so in-and-out of reality,” Hansen said. “Obviously, I’m not objective because the character is, you know, me, but it was so detached from reality or anything I’ve experienced then or now doing the investigations. I’m not sure what the point of it was.”

Hansen was asked which scenes in the movie didn’t happen and real life, and he said, “Almost every one of them.” Hansen also took to his YouTube channel for a 21-minute video of extended thoughts about the film, which has gotten nearly 200,000 views in 13 hours overnight.

Robert Pattinson previously commented on what his intention was in the role:

“I would hope the amount of inspiration his character has given a lot of people for years is some kind of compliment.”

Director Lance Oppenheim has expressed similar sentiments, that he likes Hansen and, despite the somewhat dark content of the film, it was never meant to be a hit piece (the thumbnail on Hansen’s YouTube video reads “A HIT PIECE?”)

Hansen seems more perplexed about his portrayal in the film than upset about it much of the time, and it’s certain to shine a spotlight on him and his current projects, from his podcast to his streaming platform, TruBlu, where he recently investigated child safety issues in the hugely popular video game, Roblox .

Primetime is estimated to earn about $17-20 million in its opening weekend, behind the re-release of Avengers: Endgame . There has been awards talk about the movie even before it was released, obviously focused on Robert Pattinson as Hansen, but as reviews came in, there has been a lot of praise for Sklyer Gisondo’s role as one of the show’s decoys. Primetime has solid reviews from both critics and audiences, an 87% and 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, respectively, and a B CinemaScore.

Primetime may end up being one of the most talked-about movies of the year, and we’ll see just how long Chris Hansen continues to analyze it himself.

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