ChrisChristie
Gov. Chris Christie Says His Weight is 'Fair Game' for Late Night TV Hosts (VIDEO)
During his lengthy press conference yesterday to announce that he's still not running for President, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie answered dozens of questions from reporters on a variety of topics.He even addressed how he's become such a figure of fun for late night TV hosts.
Saying "it's not news flash to me that I'm overweight," Christie said making jokes about his girth is "fair game" for late night TV hosts, but only if their jokes about it are good.
Chris Christie Vetoes 'Jersey Shore' Tax Credit
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won't say if he's running for president, but he's definitely campaigning against 'Jersey Shore.' NJ.com is reporting that Christie has vetoed the controversial $420,000 tax credit the New Jersey Development Authority had granted the boozy MTV reality show.
"I have no interest in policing the content of such projects," Christie said in a statement. "However, as chief executive I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens."
Seaside Heights mayor P. Kenneth Hershey had previously defended the tax credit, arguing that having the show film in his beach town helps the local economy.
NJ.com reports that the same program has handed out entertainment-related tax credits to 'Hell in a Cell at Newark,' several live wrestling shows, and 'Chlorine,' a film starring Kyra Sedgwick.
Could this have been the "crazy" thing Shepard Smith was talking about?
The other day, Fox News newsman Shepard Smith announced on his Facebook page that something "crazy" would be going down on his show. Just what kind of crazy are we talking about? A monkey wearing a Napoleon hat crazy? Putting two bananas in your ears and barking like a walrus crazy? TiVoing Brothers crazy? He never officially confirmed just what the "crazy" thing would be, but I wonder if this is it. Smith, the Fox News Channel's equivalent of Edward R. Murrow, issued an official apology for his network's (and I'm actually quoting) "lack of balance."
The "lack of balance" in question referred to Fox correspondent Shannon Bream, who conducted an interview with Republican candidate for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, but failed to nail down his Democratic opposition Jon Corzine. Smith said he didn't know the candidate wasn't interviewed and that "If I had control, it wouldn't have happened." Quick, someone check The Weather Channel for Hell's temperature and five-day forecast!
TV Squad Hot Topics
Most Popular Articles
From Our Partners
- 'Game of Thrones': 'Blackwater' will blow your mind
- 'Mad Men' Season 5 - 'The Other Woman': Peggy and Joan get offers they can't refuse
- 'Girls': It might have been the crack
- 'American Idol' to 'The Vampire Diaries': The top-rated TV shows on each network for 2011-12
- 'Fifty Shades of Grey' on 'Food Network Star' Giada De Laurentiis' summer reading list
- More From Zap2it
- TV Review: Hatfields & McCoys Turns the Macho Code Inside Out
- Michael Haneke's Amour Wins Cannes' Palme d'Or
- Listen to the Winning Song From Eurovision 2012
- Robert Pattinson Is Not Playing Finnick in The Hunger Games Sequel
- Sunday Reads: Jonathan Franzen, D'Angelo, and Moonrise Kingdom Prep
- More from Vulture
