Megyn Kelly is setting the record straight after Chris Christie seemingly confronted her during the most recent Republican presidential debate.
During the debate, the former New Jersey governor and staunch Trump critic was seen arguing with the moderator during a break in a clip that quickly went viral.
Kelly addressed the incident on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show
“There was also such a speculation about what was happening there. I will tell you what was happening there. It was not off the record. He was pissed off. He was mad that he wasn’t getting enough questions,” Kelly said. “And he said, ‘I made it up in this stage and I haven’t been able to speak in a while and you know I should’ve been brought in on that last debate.'”
Kelly admitted that the former New Jersey governor was excluded in the first 40 minutes of the debate to let the other candidates “fight,” but claimed she knew he was going to get the first question in the second hour. Since she had the foresight of the following question, Kelly claimed that as moderators they were being “totally fair to him.”
“He’s polling at 2%, OK? In no debate ever — I’ve now done six of them — have we given as many questions to the guy who’s at 3% as the person who’s in the lead at least amongst the candidates on the stage,” Kelly said. “I’m sorry Gov. Christie, that’s the way it is.”
The four candidates received roughly the same amount of speaking time throughout the two-hour debate. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) had the most at 22 minutes, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy had 21 minutes, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had 17 minutes, and Christie had over 16 minutes.
“So he was a half — a half a minute behind Haley, who is tied up there for No. 1,” Kelly said of Christie’s speaking time. “So I don’t wanna hear it.”
