The tables have turned, and the famed predator hunter is now the one feeling trapped — trapped in a cinematic “fever dream” he says bears no resemblance to reality. Chris Hansen, the legendary (and litigious) host of “To Catch a Predator,” has finally seen the unauthorized A24 biopic “Primetime,” starring a moody Robert Pattinson as a fictionalized version of himself. His verdict? A cinematic catastrophe worthy of an F, though he charitably offered a “D.”

In an exclusive, seething segment for his podcast “Have a Seat with Chris Hansen,” the man who made “Why don’t you have a seat?” a national catchphrase emerged from a Times Square screening looking like he’d just witnessed a crime. “The character is so detached from reality, from anything I’ve ever experienced,” Hansen fumed, dismissing the entire project as a pointless exercise in dark fantasy. He saved his most personal venom for the film’s suggestion that he was an aloof parent. “That is far from how I relate to my kids,” he shot back, making it clear this portrayal cut deeper than any creative liberty.

The drama has been simmering for weeks, with Hansen taking potshots from the sidelines after A24 notably failed to consult him. He previously told The Hollywood Reporter the studio turned his life’s work into a “horror film,” an insult to the real heroes fighting child predation. After seeing the final product, he doubled down, directly questioning director Lance Oppenheim’s motives. “They didn’t want to hear that Chris Hansen is a good guy,” Hansen declared, suggesting Oppenheim was only interested in crafting a stylized, sinister narrative, reality be damned.

As for Pattinson’s much-hyped transformation? The subject himself was brutally unimpressed. “He’s got work to do. I’m kind of the only guy that counts for this, right?” Hansen quipped, delivering a performance review as cold as the stare he famously leveled at culprits in his sting house. The film’s inaccuracies reportedly piled up, from fabricated scenes with NBC bigwigs to a portrayal of Hansen as a ratings-obsessed monster, which he flatly denies.

While Hollywood plays fast and loose with his legacy, Hansen isn’t sitting idle. He continues his crusade on “Takedown with Chris Hansen,” and his own streaming network just dropped a trailer for the documentary “I’m Chris Hansen” — the definitive, authorized version of his story. The message is clear: you can put a movie star in a bad suit and call it a biopic, but only the real Chris Hansen gets to grade his own portrayal. And honey, he’s handing out failing marks.