Chelsea Handler mocked Eric Trump’s baby announcement. Picture: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

In March, the comic tweeted after their baby announcement, “Just what we need. Another person with those jeans [sic].”

“It’s just sad, right?” Eric tells Dr Oz on Tuesday’s show of the response on social media, The New York Post reports.

Eric Trump is firing back at Chelsea Handler. Picture: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via APSource:AP

Comedian Chelsea Handler has no love for the Trumps. Picture: Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

He continues: “Sad that society’s gotten to the point where something as beautiful as this and life and babies and innocence ... really gets taken down like that because of politics. I mean, that’s how divided we’ve become as a nation ...

“It’s really, really sad. This is a very special thing and it should be celebrated. When someone spells genes incorrectly, you kind of have to turn your head and ignore it a little.”

Eric Trump and his wife Lara are expecting their first child later this year. Picture: AFP/Jewel SamadSource:AFP

Handler corrected herself at the time, saying: “Sorry about spelling mistake. I meant ‘genes,’ not ‘jeans.’ I’m a little stoned.”

Eric says he’s fine being in the public eye, but: “Where I find it harder is when I see my little brother, you know, Barron, or when I see Tiffany, who’s kind of just coming into her own ... it’s a little bit tough when you see young children getting hit every single day by grown-ups.”

He adds: “There’s supposed to be an unwritten rule and, unfortunately, it’s just not being followed.”

The couple appears on the show to speak out against puppy mills, even though in February, President Trump removed the USDA’s animal welfare data from its website, which publicly lists breeding operations that have received violations.

It comes as Ivanka Trump was met with groans and laughter from a live audience in Berlin after claiming her father was a “tremendous champion” of women.

The first daughter appeared at the W20 Summit alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, IMF boss Christine Lagarde and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Ivanka Trump (second from left) appeared on stage at the W20 Summit in Berlin alongside Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

This story originally appeared in The New York Post and has been republished here with permission.