Christie Talks Trump And M&Ms On 'The Tonight Show'
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie returned to "The Tonight Show'' to talk about Donald Trump and M&Ms.
The former Republican presidential candidate joked with host Jimmy Fallon on Friday night's show about his much mocked appearance with Trump on Super Tuesday.
"You look like you were having a blast," Fallon said to Christie, showing a photo of the governor standing behind the GOP front-runner during his Super Tuesday victory speech. "Were you being held hostage at this time?"
"This is what you would look like if you were standing behind Jay Leno when he was doing his monologue," Christie replied. "If you're used to talking, it's awkward not to talk. So if you're standing there, I'm listening."
When asked why he threw his support behind Trump, Christie said, "Because I think he's better than them. It's not really hard."
"That's why you do it," he added. "It's not like I drew it out of a hat or something, Jimmy. It was my judgment that I thought he was better than the other two."
He also defended his method of eating M&Ms at an NCAA tournament game last weekend.
Christie says he faced a big choice when he got back to his seat with a box of M&Ms and found a bag inside. A photo of Christie posted to Twitter showing him dumping them into the box led to days of jokes on social media.
Christie's presidential campaign ended in February.
He joked that Fallon will have to hire four new writers once he leaves office when his term ends in 2017.
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