"What he said's totally irrelevant to your answers. See, you two, you're gonna need to figure out what you each want and need, where you think this might be going, and then you're going to need to talk about it. Like adults. That's how this thing actually works. I'm just...going to be the asshole who makes you actually talk about it instead of burying everything."

He's not even being a complete hypocrite here; he and Jeff had these kinds of talks on multiple occasions, and he's even talked out potential future dalliances with Ossie in front of Giles.