Megyn Kelly: Chris Christie got ‘mad’ at me over the holidays for not giving him more questions
Megyn Kelly revealed this week that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie approached her during a commercial break during the most recent Republican presidential debate and was “angry” that she wasn’t getting more questions.
Kelly made the comments on her show following the fourth primary debate hosted by NewsNation in Alabama after a video was posted on social media showing Christie approaching her in a hostile manner.
“There was all kinds of speculation about what was going on there,” he said. “I’ll tell you what was happening there. It wasn’t off the record. He was angry. He was angry because he didn’t get enough questions. And he said, ‘I got it back on this stage and I haven’t been able to talk in a while.’ And I should have participated in that last debate.’”
He said Christie had no further opportunity to speak during the first part of the debate because the moderators let the candidates fight among themselves.
“The equitable distribution of questions was ruined by all the discussion,” he said. “Having said all that, I knew very well that Christie was going to be asked a question about Trump related to immigration first thing in the next hour, so it was totally fair to him. And in the polls he gets 2%! Well? In no debate, and I’ve done six of them now, have we asked as many questions of the guy in the 3% as we did of the person in the lead, at least among the candidates on stage? Sorry, Governor Christie. That’s the way he is.”
“And all said and done, CNN says this is stage time: Vivek got 22 minutes, DeSantis 21, Haley 17, Christie 16 and 52 seconds,” he added. “So I don’t want to hear it frankly. We did the right thing with him. He got a lot of airtime. That’s why he was angry. “I like the guy, but just to give some news that people are speculating about… They never like it when they can’t talk.”
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