“Who needs this show?” That was the question posed in an open letter by Francesca Sloane, the creator of the show in question, Mr. & Mrs. Smith. “In a culture heavily inundated with remakes, this was a reasonable reaction. No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie,” she wrote. “But what we set out to do was to make something wholly original.”
Sloane added, “On our show, we go on the journey of seeing these two ordinary people become extraordinary. We watch them become stronger spies but more vulnerable humans. We hope that you laugh. We hope that it makes you feel something. We hope that you enjoy the big swing.”
To go back to the initial question, who needs a sexy, thrilling, funny spy show starring Atlanta‘s Donald Glover and Blue Eye Samurai‘s Maya Erskine? The answer: me. And probably a lot of other people, too. You can watch the first full-length trailer — featuring explosions, admissions of love, and a dead body in a bathtub — for Amazon Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith above.
Here’s more:
In this version, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travel, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan. The catch? New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high-risk mission every week while also facing a new relationship milestone. Their complex cover story becomes even more complicated when they catch real feelings for each other. What’s riskier: espionage or marriage?
All eight episodes of Mr. & Mrs. Smith premiere on Amazon Prime Video on February 2nd.
Anyway, Swift is up for five awards: Female Artist Of The Year, Pop Artist Of The Year, Concert Tour Of The Year (The Eras Tour), Movie Of The Year (Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour), and Social Celebrity Of The Year. Kelce, meanwhile, is up for Athlete Of The Year alongside Coco Gauff, Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Lionel Messi, Sabrina Ionescu, Simone Biles, and Stephen Curry.
Kelce and Swift are shockingly not nominated for Most Mania-Inducing Celebrity Couple Of The Year, but if that were a category, they would be a surer bet to win than the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. Although, to be fair, they are not the only couple sharing People’s Choice Awards nods, as Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are each nominated as well.
The 2024 People’s Choice Awards is scheduled for February 18 at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The ceremony will broadcast live beginning at 8 p.m. ET across E!, NBC, and Peacock.
See the full list of nominees below (via Billboard).
Music
Male Artist Of The Year
Bad Bunny
Drake
Jack Harlow
Jung Kook
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Post Malone
The Weeknd
Female Artist Of The Year
Beyoncé
Doja Cat
Karol G
Lainey Wilson
Miley Cyrus
Nicki Minaj
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
Male Country Artist Of The Year
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
HARDY
Jelly Roll
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Zach Bryan
Bad Bunny
Bizarrap
Feid
Manuel Turizo
Maluma
Peso Pluma
Rauw Alejandro
Ozuna
Female Latin Artist Of The Year
Ángela Aguilar
Anitta
Becky G
Kali Uchis
Karol G
Rosalía
Shakira
Young Miko
Pop Artist Of The Year
Billie Eilish
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Jung Kook
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
Tate McRae
Taylor Swift
Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year
Cardi B
Drake
Future
Jack Harlow
Latto
Nicki Minaj
Post Malone
Travis Scott
R&B Artist Of The Year
Beyoncé
Brent Faiyaz
Janelle Monáe
SZA
Tems
The Weeknd
Usher
Victoria Monét
New Artist Of The Year
Coi Leray
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Jung Kook
Noah Kahan
Peso Pluma
PinkPantheress
Stephen Sanchez
Group/Duo Of The Year
Dan + Shay
Fuerza Regida
Grupo Frontera
Jonas Brothers
Old Dominion
Paramore
Stray Kids
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
Song Of The Year
Dua Lipa, “Dance The Night”
Luke Combs, “Fast Car”
Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
Gunna, “F*kumean”
Tate McRae, “Greedy”
Morgan Wallen, “Last Night”
Doja Cat, “Paint The Town Red”
Olivia Rodrigo, “Vampire”
Album Of The Year
Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation
Drake, For All The Dogs
Luke Combs, Gettin’ Old
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts
Karol G, Mañana Será Bonito
Bad Bunny, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana
Morgan Wallen, One Thing AT A Time
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2
Collaboration Song Of The Year
Lil Durk Feat. J. Cole, “All My Life”
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice with Aqua, “Barbie World”
Eslabon Armado X Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola”
Drake Feat. J. Cole, “First Person Shooter”
Zach Bryan feat. Kasey Musgraves, “I Remember Everything”
Jung Kook feat. Latto, “Seven”
Karol G and Shakira, “TQG”
Grupo Frontera X Bad Bunny, “Un x100to”
Concert Tour Of The Year
Ed Sheeran, +–=÷x Tour
Coldplay, Music of the Spheres World Tour
Harry Styles, Love on Tour
Luke Combs, World Tour
Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time World Tour
PInk, Summer Carnival Tour
Beyoncé, Renaissance World Tour
Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour
Movies
Movie Of The Year
Barbie Fast X Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 Oppenheimer Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Film The Little Mermaid The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Action Movie Of The Year
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Fast X Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 John Wick: Chapter 4 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes The Marvels Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts
Comedy Movie Of The Year
80 For Brady Anyone But You Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Asteroid City Barbie Cocaine Bear No Hard Feelings Wonka
Drama Movie Of The Year
Creed III Five Nights At Freddy’s Killers Of The Flower Moon Leave The World Behind M3gan Oppenheimer Scream VI The Color Purple
Male Movie Star Of The Year
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 4
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Female Movie Star Of The Year
Florence Pugh, Oppenheimer
Halle Bailey, The Little Mermaid
Jenna Ortega, Scream VI
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Julia Roberts, Leave the World Behind
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Rachel Zegler, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Viola Davis, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Action Movie Star Of The Year
Brie Larson, The Marvels
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Gal Gadot, Heart of Stone
Jason Momoa, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 4
Rachel Zegler, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Viola Davis, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Comedy Movie Star Of The Year
Adam Sandler, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Glen Powell, Anyone but You
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Scarlett Johansson, Asteroid City
Sydney Sweeney, Anyone but You
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Drama Movie Star Of The Year
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Julia Roberts, Leave the World Behind
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Florence Pugh, Oppenheimer
Jacob Elordi, Priscilla
Jenna Ortega, Scream VI
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Creed III
Movie Performance Of The Year
America Ferrera, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
Melissa McCarthy, The Little Mermaid
Natalie Portman, May December
Simu Liu, Barbie
Viola Davis, Air
TV
Show Of The Year
Grey’s Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live Ted Lasso The Bear The Last of Us Vanderpump Rules
Comedy Show Of The Year
Abbott Elementary And Just Like That… Never Have I Ever Only Murders in the Building Saturday Night Live Ted Lasso The Bear Young Sheldon
Drama Show Of The Year
Chicago Fire Ginny & Georgia Grey’s Anatomy Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Outer Banks Succession The Last of Us The Morning Show
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show Of The Year
Ahsoka American Horror Story: Delicate Black Mirror Ghosts Loki Secret Invasion The Mandalorian The Witcher
Reality Show Of The Year
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? Below Deck Jersey Shore Family Vacation Selling Sunset The Kardashians The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The Real Housewives of New Jersey Vanderpump Rules
Competition Show Of The Year
America’s Got Talent American Idol Big Brother Dancing with the Stars RuPaul’s Drag Race Survivor Squid Game: The Challenge The Voice
Bingeworthy Show Of The Year
Beef Citadel Jury Duty Love Is Blind Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story The Crown The Night Agent The Summer I Turned Pretty
Male TV Star Of The Year
Chase Stokes, Outer Banks
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Invasion
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Tom Hiddleston, Loki
Female TV Star Of The Year
Ali Wong, Beef
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Comedy TV Star Of The Year
Ali Wong, Beef
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Drama TV Star Of The Year
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Chase Stokes, Outer Banks
Ice-T, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show
TV Performance Of The Year
Adjoa Andoh, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Billie Eilish, Swarm
Jon Hamm, The Morning Show
Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
Steven Yeun, Beef
Storm Reid, The Last of Us
Reality TV Star Of The Year
Ariana Madix, Vanderpump Rules
Chrishell Stause, Selling Sunset
Garcelle Beauvais, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Kandi Burruss, The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Khloé Kardashian, The Kardashians
Kim Kardashian, The Kardashians
Kyle Richards, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Jersey Shore Family Vacation
Competition Contestant Of The Year
Anetra, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ariana Madix, Dancing with the Stars
Charity Lawson, The Bachelorette
Iam Tongi, American Idol
Keke Palmer, That’s My Jam
Sasha Colby, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Theresa Nist, The Golden Bachelor
Xochitl Gomez, Dancing with the Stars
Daytime Talk Show Of The Year
Good Morning America LIVE with Kelly and Mark Sherri The Drew Barrymore Show The Jennifer Hudson Show The Kelly Clarkson Show The View Today
Nighttime Talk Show Of The Year
Hart to Heart Jimmy Kimmel Live! Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Night with Seth Meyers The Daily Show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Host Of The Year
Gordon Ramsay, Hell’s Kitchen
Jimmy Fallon, That’s My Jam
Nick Cannon, The Masked Singer
Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud
Terry Crews, America’s Got Talent
Pop Culture
Social Celebrity Of The Year
Britney Spears
Dwayne Johnson
Kim Kardashian
Kylie Jenner
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift
Comedy Act Of The Year
John Mulaney, Baby J
Amy Schumer, Emergency Contact
Marlon Wayans, God Loves Me
Wanda Sykes, I’m an Entertainer
Trevor Noah, Off the Record
Kevin Hart, Reality Check
Chris Rock, Selective Outrage
Sarah Silverman, Someone You Love
Sports
Athlete Of The Year
Coco Gauff
Giannis Antetokounmpo
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Sabrina Ionescu
Simone Biles
Stephen Curry
Travis Kelce
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
FKA Twigs appeared in a Calvin Klein ad in the Spring of 2023, where the singer posed half nude. Now, nearly a year later, it was recently banned in the UK for portraying her as a “sterotypical sexual object,” according to the UK Advertising Standards Authority.
Now, Twigs herself has responded to the ban on Instagram.
“i do not see the ‘stereotypical sexual object’ that they have labelled me,” she wrote. “i see a beautiful strong woman of colour whose incredible body has overcome more pain than you can imagine.”
“in light of reviewing other campaigns past and current of this nature, I can’t help but feel there are some double standards here,” she added. “so to be clear… i am proud of my physicality and hold the art i create with my vessel to the standards of women like josephine baker, eartha kitt and grace jones who broke down barriers of what it looks like to be empowered and harness a unique embodied sensuality. thank you to ck and mert and marcus who gave me a space to express myself exactly how i wanted to – i will not have my narrative changed.”
Calvin Klein has also provided a statement on the matter, pointing out that “the ads were similar to ads they had been publishing in the UK for many years,” according to People.
The first Oscars of the season were handed out at the Governors Awards earlier this week, with comedy legend Mel Brooks, film editor Carol Littleton, and actress Angela Bassett receiving honorary Academy Awards.
Unlike the Golden Globes, the Governor Awards landed a prepared host in John Mulaney. “Hello, ladies and gentlemen. It is an honor and a favor to be here. This is a strategic obligation. It is a pleasure to stand here on this temporary stage. For those of you that don’t recognize me from the Tuesday night AA meeting in the Palisades, my name is John Mulaney,” he said. Later in his monologue, Mulaney compared Bassett being nominated for an Oscar for a Marvel movie (Black Panther) to “getting a Pulitzer Prize for a Reddit comment.” Robert Downey Jr. really enjoyed that one.
rdj absolutely dying over john mulaney’s marvel joke is what i needed to see today pic.twitter.com/34lO5k3HLl
Mulaney joked about Mel Brooks being the most Jewish man who has ever lived (“You know the guy that did the prosthetic nose for Maestro? He did Mel’s entire face and body and personality for the last 97 years”) and also told a funny story about auditioning for the role of “Young Cop” in an untitled Maggie Gyllenhaal project (he didn’t get the part).
Right now, it’s easy to tell that Sexyy Red is pregnant, as she’s pretty far along. Back when it would have been easier to hide, though, Red tried. It was still challenging, though, when she attempted to conceal her stomach while on tour with Drake and Moneybagg Yo.
In a recent video interview with Billboard, Red said:
“When nobody knew I was pregnant, I’d be in the back room like trying to suck my stomach in, or wear clothes to show that I wasn’t pregnant, and I had to practice my breathing. Like, before I’d go on stage, I had to hold my stomach in and look at myself and be like, ‘Can they tell?’ Once I just was like, ‘OK, I can’t keep hiding it,’ ’cause it hurt to just be on stage all day holding your stomach in, so I’m like, just forget about it. Because I was pregnant on the Drake tour and the Moneybagg [Yo] tour, but nobody knew. People started suspecting it on the Drake tour because there was videos and pictures of me coming out. […] That’s the only reason I was hiding it, because I just wanted me and my family and friends to know.”
A few days ago, Machine Gun Kelly and Schecter introduced a new signature guitar, dubbed the Razor Blade. The metallic-colored axe was, as the name indicates, designed to look like a razor blade, and reactions to it were often not favorable.
Comments on the introductory Instagram post include, “That is the grossest thing ive ever seen,” “Have you considered unintroducing it?,” and “The edgiest edgelord to ever edge a lord.” There were also many comparing the guitar to comedy guitar brand Chibson, who did share a parody of the MGK guitar, with their version designed to look like a disposable shaving razor.
Kelly himself weighed in on the backlash, and it appears to be weighing on him. On X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, “i’ll never explain my art, because true art is conversational and always up for interpretation, but i will say, most of you constantly interpret it wrong. and then blame me for your version of what you think my art is. ultimately im sad at how people perceive me in general. peace.”
i’ll never explain my art, because true art is conversational and always up for interpretation, but i will say, most of you constantly interpret it wrong. and then blame me for your version of what you think my art is. ultimately im sad at how people perceive me in general. peace
In response to a user accusing the guitar of “glorifying self-harm,” Kelly responded, “you show your lack of depth by taking art at face value. this has nothing to do with any of the subject matter you just presented. so no my friend, you suck.”
you show your lack of depth by taking art at face value. this has nothing to do with any of the subject matter you just presented. so no my friend, you suck.
Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors are going through a bit of a funk right now. The team got blown out at home by the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night — their sixth loss in eight games — while Curry struggled to get going, scoring 15 points on 4-for-13 shooting. For a franchise that has perpetually high expectations, going through a rough patch like this is especially difficult.
The interesting thing about the Warriors is that they possess plenty of draft capital, large salaries to facilitate a trade, and young talent that could be appealing on the market. It’s not hard to see a path forward for them in the event they want to make a move on the trade market, and the face of their franchise sure seems open to the front office looking for reinforcements.
Steph was asked about the upcoming trade deadline:
“We have a standard that’s pretty evident that if things stay the same, that’s the definition of insanity, right? Keep doing the same thing, expecting a different result…” pic.twitter.com/QqwyzLxuwF
“We have a standard that’s pretty evident that, if things stay the same, that’s the definition of insanity, right?” Curry said. “Keep doing the same thing expecting a different result? So, as players and what we can do, we have to control our effort, our focus, competitiveness, control the things that we can on the court. Like any NBA season, every organization has stuff that works itself out, you can’t allow yourself to get distracted by that because, whether you’re top of the standings or the bottom, there’s always rumors swirling, there’s always conversations. It’s just a part of the business. Until anything happens, you can’t get caught up in it, cause it’ll rob you of your opportunity to play good basketball.”
Curry is not the kind of guy who will explicitly call for the team to shake things up, and even here, he was able to get things back on track by saying the players have to control what they can control. Still, between this and Steve Kerr saying the Warriors are lacking confidence right now, it sure is an unusually interesting time for a franchise that hasn’t had to navigate this sort of turmoil in a while.
The Golden State Warriors are in a pretty major rut right now. The team has lost six of its last eight games, and on Wednesday night, the Warriors followed up a 15-point home loss to the Toronto Raptors with a 36-point home loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
While Golden State is dealing with a recent injury to Chris Paul and Draymond Green is on his way back from a suspension, watching the team lose this emphatically is not something that anyone is used to in the Steph Curry era. And after the loss to New Orleans, Steve Kerr tried to get to the heart of what is wrong.
Steve Kerr said the Warriors are “lacking confidence” right now and called them a quiet team without Draymond Green and Chris Paul. pic.twitter.com/FKeIsgw20S
“I think we’re just lacking confidence right now,” Kerr said. “You get to a stage sometimes where you just kinda lose your belief. It happens. And that’s what’s happened with our team right now the last few days. I think we’ve just lost the spirit, the confidence that has to carry you against talented teams, night in and night out.”
Kerr went on to say that, over the last two games, the Warriors just weren’t competitive, and then recalled something a coach said to him.
“One of the coaches on the way down said we’re the quietest team ever,” Kerr said. “I think without Draymond and Chris, it’s really exposed. There’s not much chatter defensively, we do have a very quiet group of guys with this particular team that’s out there now, and we probably need a pick me up. We need Draymond, we need guys who can kind of rally the troops right now. When you’re going through it like this, there’s only one way out, and that’s to fight together, to compete together. Somehow, we gotta get stops — we gave up 141 points, they scored at will. And we have to be able to get stops to be competitive.”
Hard as this is to believe, but a lot of people don’t like it when someone running for president says they want to be a dictator. It doesn’t exactly set the mind at ease. Even if that person says they’ll “only” go autocratic for a day, that’s not very reassuring, is it? Does anyone really think that someone who wants to be a dictator will seriously give up those powers after only 24 hours. Anyway, to the surprise of few, Donald Trump finally said exactly that.
It took him till his third presidential campaign, but he said he’d be a dictator, but just for one day, so he can get a tick a couple biggies off his to-do list. The response wasn’t so hot. And at a Fox News town hall Wednesday, Trump got mad about that…but only after saying he’d be a dictator all over again.
Last month, at another Fox News town hall, Trump was asked by his good buddy Sean Hannity a softball question: He asked the former president, who was last year indicted on 91 criminal charges, to swear he’d never go abuse his powers if re-elected. Trump couldn’t even do that.
“Except for day one,” Trump said, attempting to be reassuring. “I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill.” He added, “After that, I’m not a dictator, okay?”
A month of bad press later and Trump can’t believe that people aren’t cool with a presidential candidate saying they’d be a dictator but only temporarily.
“All I said [is] I’m gonna be a dictator for one day,” Trump fumed at Wednesday’s town hall. “We’re gonna do two things: the border, we’re gonna make it so tight you can’t get in, unless you come in legally; and the other is energy. We’re gonna drill, baby, drill. After that I’m not going to be a dictator.”
Feel better? Surely it only takes a day to tighten the border and drill for oil in places maybe one shouldn’t lest you screw up the environment. And again, dictators always relinquish power when they say they will. It’s not like the words “after that I’m not going to be a dictator” aren’t as calming as Trump thinks they are.
But Trump didn’t see what was up with all the hoopla. He accused the press of taking him out of context, cutting it after the part where he said “I’m going to be a dictator.”
“They cut the rest of the sentence!” Trump marveled. He then said the opposite. “No, no. I’m not going to be a dictator. I’m going to manage, like we did…We were so successful that the country was coming together, it was actually coming together and coming together well. There was a beautiful thing to see. And we’re going to do it again.”
It’s not clear what Trump was referring to with the “coming together” part. The last year of his presidency saw a badly bungled federal response to a once-in-a-century pandemic, a spike in unemployment, mass protests over systemic racism (which included his administration teargassing its own citizens), and it concluded with him spreading voter fraud nonsense after he lost re-election. The country was rarely less together.
So perhaps the same guy who managed all that saying he’ll “only” be a dictator for one day isn’t as encouraging as the noted magnet understander thinks.
When Chris Christie announced his latest presidency, he had a perfectly cromulent reason for running: He mostly wanted to trash his former pal Donald Trump. Where the rest of his Republican opponents danced around criticizing the guy who crushed everyone in the polls, the former New Jersey governor gleefully trashed him (and sometimes human “ChatGPT” Vivek Ramaswamy) every chance he could. But it’s all over now, with Christie suspending his floundering campaign. At least he did it with a bang.
Per The Daily Beast, before Christie walked up to a podium to formally end his 2024 presidential run, he happened to be caught on a hot mic talking to Wayne MacDonald, a longtime supporter and former New Hampshire Republican Party chairman, during which he speculated that Nikki Haley, who’s been gunning to replace her former boss, Trump, on the GOP ticket, hasn’t got a chance in heck.
“People don’t wanna hear it, Wayne,” Christie told MacDonald. “We know we’re right, but they don’t wanna hear it. We couldn’t have been any clearer, we couldn’t have worked any harder… And look, she’s spent $68 million so far, just on TV… and we’ve spent 12. I mean, who’s punching above their weight?”
He added, “She’s gonna get smoked. You and I both know it, she’s not up to this.”
Though Christie didn’t mention Haley’s name during the discussion, it’s not hard to suss out who he’s talking about. Who else could it be?
Luckily one of the 2024 candidates who hasn’t suspended his struggling campaign agrees with him.
I agree with Christie that Nikki Haley is “going to get smoked.”
Of course, even if Christie is done campaigning, that doesn’t mean he has to stop trashing the guy who might become president a second time despite having a profoundly broken brain.
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