Morgan Stanley’s CEO was interviewed last week by CNBC in Charlotte, NC about a range of issues. During the interview, Mack was asked about the excerpt he had read in Vanity Fair of Too Big to Fail: How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves.

“When I first started reading the article in Vanity Fair, I had to kind of grip myself,” he said, “because I was back – bang! — right where we were.”

Asked to confirm the accuracy of book’s account of him telling his secretary to tell Tim Geithner, to “Get F*@!” he said with a smile, “It was.” He added, “I have a great staff. Hopefully she didn’t relay that message to him.”