After Sununu’s jabs at the roast grabbed headlines on Sunday, the governor emphasized in two local radio appearances in New Hampshire on Monday morning that it was all in jest.

“It’s all a joke. Look. I don’t think he’s crazy,” Sununu said on “New Hampshire Today with Chris Ryan.” “It’s all in fun. It’s all a joke. And anyone who’s trying to make this more than it is either seriously doesn’t understand what the Gridiron Dinner is all about or just has to lighten up a bit.”

And the governor said on “Good Morning New Hampshire with Jack Heath” that “if anyone is taking any of those jokes seriously, lighten up.” And he emphasized that “It’s a roast. It’s fun… I made jokes about my own family and myself and Republicans as much as I made fun about Democrats and Joe Biden and AOC and Bernie Sanders and socialists.”