Discussing how Chris Christie lost his temper on her during the fourth GOP debate, Megyn Kelly said she told the Republican nominee hopeful that he would be addressed more in the second half of the debate. Kelly believed that Christie was given ample time to speak, considering his waning popularity. “He’s polling at 2%!” she said on “The Megyn Kelly Show” on December 7. She went on to add, “I don’t want to hear it, frankly. We did right by him. He got a ton of airtime. That’s what he was mad about.” Another touchy moment for Christie may have been when Kelly brought up his low approval rating in comparison to Donald Trump’s. “You even said you got into this race just to stop President Trump,” she said. “His approval rating with Republicans is currently at 81%. Yours is at 25.”
Not only was Christie irked by his lack of airtime, he clearly bothered by the exchange between himself and Vivek Ramaswamy which happened just before the viral clip of Christie approaching Kelly was filmed. After the debate, Christie did not mince words when discussing Ramaswamy. “He is a jackass,” the former New Jersey governor said on CNN (via The Daily Mail). Christie took issue with how the businessman spoke to fellow debater Nikki Haley. “And I think that Vivek does have a woman problem. I do think he insults women’s basic intelligence,” he added.
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Prior to the GOP debate there was some tense history between Kelly and Christie.
