Brzezinski has come under fire alongside her husband and co-host Joe Scarborough for meeting President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Joe Scarborough and his wife, Mika Brzezinski, were spotted out in New York City on Wednesday, November 20. The outing came just after Mika, 57, opened up about her career and marriage, admitting that working on Morning Joe can be “tough” at times.

UPDATED, with Trump comment: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said that they met with Donald Trump on Friday, in what they described as an effort to restart communications with the president-elect after years of criticism and warning about his rhetoric and potential return to office.

Mike Brzezinski said she was "surprised at the backlash" to the meeting she and "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough had with Donald Trump.

Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with President-elect Donald Trump, who has accused Scarborough of murder, and the meeting was met with criticism from all sides of the political spectrum. (Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times/TNS) TNS

Morning Joe' duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said they visited Donald Trump in person for the first time in seven years

The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to develop a “new approach" and "restart communications", the pair revealed on their show Monday.

The reaction of those who defended “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for meeting with President-elect Trump sounds almost quaint in the days of opinionated journalism