New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said he wasn’t upset about comedian Joel McHales jibes at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
McHale took swings at Christie’s weight and at how the governor handled the scandal surrounding the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.
“Governor, do you want bridge jokes or size jokes? ‘Cause I’ve got a bunch of both. I could go half and half. I know you like a combo platter,” McHale said during his speech on Saturday night. “Now, I get that. I’m sorry for that joke, Governor Christie. I didn’t know I was going to tell it but I take full responsibility for it. Whoever wrote it, will be fired. But the buck stops here. So, I will be a man and own up to it, just as soon as I get to the bottom of how it happened because I was unaware it happened until just now.”
“I am appointing a blue-ribbon commission of me to investigate the joke I just told and if I find any wrongdoing on my part, I assure you I will be dealt with. I just looked into it. It turns out I’m not responsible for it. Justice has been served,” McHale Continued.
At the Vanity Fair/Bloomberg after party, Christie said the jokes didn’t bother him.
“Listen, I thought he was great, and that’s exactly what I expected,” Christie told Vanity Fair. “I thought he was really funny, and not just about me, but about everybody.”
McHale took a lot of digs at politicians during his speech, and NBC has compiled some of the low blows.
[H/t Huffington Post]
C’mon! Even if Christie was PO’d he couldn’t say it. He would look like a sore loser.
Yeah, bullshit. Everyone knows Christ Christie is a thin skinned ratfuck, vindictive, and hates being the butt of any jokes…especially when he’s made to look like the corrupt politician that he is. He may think he can blow this off too like he tries to do for everything else. My suggestion…go home to NJ and indulge in some comfort food and see how well it blows over for you…
You are right - although I really wish we just didn’t indulge in jokes about physical appearance (weight, appearing “feminine,” etc) There is so much to criticize/satirize about Christie’s policies and behavior, that we don’t need to go there with weight references.
Oh spare me…have you seen any Chris Christie photos from his high school and college days? Its not like the man was born fat. He did it to himself. He’s only 51. He is a gluttonous politician in every sense of the word. Its not a metabolism problem and he wasn’t born that way, it’s laziness. He couldn’t be bothered to exercise and eat right, so he went ahead and had lap band surgery as a shortcut to better health. No doubt the taxpayers of NJ paid for that too somehow…I have no pity on him as a fat man. If drawing attention to his weight gets his ire up and similarly draws attention to his over-indulgent habit towards the way he governs, so be it.
“Christie Not Bothered By McHale’s Gibes[sic] About Weight”
Well, that’s awfully big of him…