Galifianakis talks getting tackled in Clinton's 'Between Two Ferns' interview

Hillary Clinton joked that she regretted shooting a Between Two Ferns fake talk show.

But host Zach Galifianakis gave props to his very "game" guest, who appeared on the online show for the Funny or Die website on Thursday.

The Democrat presidential candidate endured over-the-top insulting questions and had no problem with the opening gambit for the talk show — fake Secret Service officers tackling a mask-wearing Galifianakis as he sneaks up on Clinton.

"I was surprised they let us do that in front of her, get somebody tackled," Galifianakis told USA TODAY while promoting his new film Masterminds. "It was just funny. It was weird, there were actor Secret Service agents and also real ones."

Galifianakis laughed that the Between Two Ferns segment came to life "strangely, through an email." Not an email from Clinton herself, who has been besieged by a longstanding email scandal after conducting State Department business on a personal server.

This email came from a friend of Galifianakis who has worked closely with the Clintons. But it was Clinton herself who wanted to do the show, which has also featured President Obama and Brad Pitt. The friend told Galifianakis that "she wanted to do it."

Galifianakis decided to step into Clinton's "heated" political battle with Republican candidate Donald Trump and conduct the interview.  It's his first Between Two Ferns in two years.

When asked if Clinton had demands or "no-go areas" for the interview, Galifianakis responded: "If they want us to be nice, and kowtow to what they want, then we're not going to do it."

Galifianakis said Clinton was a great guest.

"She was game. She's funny and nice," Galifianakis said. "It's funny, her public persona versus her (actual) persona. I think she's kind of unfairly treated sometimes being a woman and also being around (politics) for so long."

He watched the Between Two Ferns viewing numbers grow online. The Hollywood Reporter wrote Saturday that the video had the highest first-day watch numbers in Funny or Die website history.

"I did keep up with the amount of hits it got. When it first came out it was like 2,500 hits. And I was like, that's not very good," says Galifianakis. "And at the end of the day, I checked it one more time. And it was (over 30) million. It's really crazy."