Chris Christie calls NBC's Chuck Todd 'the most pretentious know-it-all on network news'

Former New Jersey governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie joined The Late Show With Stephen Colbert live following the second Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, and he did not hold back in sharing his feelings about one of the debate’s hour-two moderators, Meet the Press host, Chuck Todd. It was evident that Christie’s words were spoken with true disdain and not in good fun.

After talking about the need to drop Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson, Andrew Yang and Eric Swalwell from further debates, Christie added, “And please, God, can we say goodbye to Chuck Todd? I mean, the most pretentious know-it-all on network news. The guy is just a complete a**.”

Though Colbert had some fun at Todd’s expense in the monologue, he stopped Christie and said into the camera, “Chuck, I thought you did a great job.”

Todd was trending on Twitter following the debate with many people sharing Christie’s sentiment.

As for Christie, he continued by taking swipes at Todd, insulting his hair. Colbert once again came to the rescue, calling Todd’s hair the “Julius Caesar cut.”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. on CBS.

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