{"id":72033,"date":"2016-04-03T15:35:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T19:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=72033"},"modified":"2016-04-03T15:35:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T19:35:18","slug":"chris-christie-gets-defensive-about-his-trump-support-in-awkward-fallon-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/chris-christie-gets-defensive-about-his-trump-support-in-awkward-fallon-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie Gets Defensive About His Trump Support In Awkward Fallon Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — (Scroll down for video) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was on Jimmy Fallon’s show on Friday night, and he quickly found himself getting defensive over his support for Donald Trump.<\/a><\/p>\n

The “Tonight Show” host pressed Christie on whether he had been taken “hostage” — as many have suggested — when he stood awkwardly behind Trump on Super Tuesday last month.<\/p>\n

“You look like you were having a blast,” Fallon said sarcastically. “Were you being held hostage at this time?”<\/p>\n

Christie responded: “This is what you would look like if you were standing behind Jay Leno when he was doing his monologue.”<\/p>\n

The crowd groaned, perhaps not knowing what Christie meant.<\/p>\n

“If you’re used to talking, it’s awkward not to talk,” Christie said. “So if you’re standing there, I’m listening.”<\/p>\n

Fallon suggested Christie should have moved so he wasn’t directly over Trump’s shoulder. Fallon then pulled out a cardboard cut-out of Christie and put it behind Christie’s shoulder, and asked him, “Do you find that distracting?”<\/p>\n

“No,” Christie insisted. “He looks serious. He’s listening.”<\/p>\n

Things didn’t get much better from there. Fallon asked Christie why he endorsed Trump, and Christie seemed to take exception to the question.<\/p>\n

“Because I think he’s better than them,” Christie said. “It’s not that hard. That’s why you do it. It wasn’t like I drew it out of a hat or something, Jimmy.”<\/p>\n