--- title: Chris Christie is Totally Best Friends With Bruce Springsteen, He Says description: Chris Christie lost his cool Tuesday after a journalist suggested that the Bruce Springsteen superfan might not be in the Boss's good graces canonical: https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-20T16:48:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:36.157Z og:title: Chris Christie is Totally Best Friends With Bruce Springsteen, He Says og:description: Chris Christie lost his cool Tuesday after a journalist suggested that the Bruce Springsteen superfan might not be in the Boss's good graces og:url: https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Christie is Totally Best Friends With Bruce Springsteen, He Says twitter:description: Chris Christie lost his cool Tuesday after a journalist suggested that the Bruce Springsteen superfan might not be in the Boss's good graces twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Chris Christie Get Totally Defensive About Being Friends With Bruce Springsteen  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Aug 20, 2014 4:48 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Aug 20, 2014 4:48 PM CUT **Correction applied Wednesday, August 20** New Jersey Governor Chris Christie lost his cool Tuesday after a state resident suggested that the Bruce Springsteen superfan might not be in the Boss’s good graces. After being asked about a rumor that Springsteen had requested Christie stop using his music at his rallies (a rumor that has not been substantiated), Christie totally freaked, as seen in this video from [NJ.com.](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/chris%5Fchristie%5Fspars%5Fwith%5Fnj%5Fwoman%5Fover%5Fbruce%5Fspringsteen.html "undefined") “No. Never did that. No, you’re wrong about that,” Christie said. “Bruce has never asked me to do that. He never has. You’re wrong.” The New Jersey resident then asked about whether he had been dancing with Bon Jovi in the Hamptons, prompting Christie to remind her that he has many celebrity friends besides Springsteen. “I wasn’t dancing with Bon Jovi, actually, I was dancing with Jamie Foxx,” he said. “So if you’re gonna be cute, we should get the story right.” But of all his famous friends, the Boss is Christie’s BFF. In fact, they hung out just recently! “I saw Bruce about a week and a half ago,” Christie said. “And he had every opportunity to tell me not to, he didn’t, and he never has told me not to. Listen, I know him and you’re wrong. I know Bruce, and I’ve spoken to Bruce, and you’re wrong.” The governor appeared furious at the insinuation that he and Bruce were on the outs, although he did not provide any proof of their friendship, such as letters from camp, friendship bracelets, or selfies. He ended by telling the female journalist, who seemed very calm, to calm down. “When I leave, just so we can have this lady be a little calmer, let’s play Bon Jovi on the way out,” he said, adding: “If you want to debate, run for governor and I’ll debate you.” _Correction: The original version of the story incorrectly described the woman who confronted Christie. She was a New Jersey resident._ \[[_NJ.com_](http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/chris%5Fchristie%5Fspars%5Fwith%5Fnj%5Fwoman%5Fover%5Fbruce%5Fspringsteen.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/"},"headline":"Watch Chris Christie Get Totally Defensive About Being Friends With Bruce Springsteen","datePublished":"2014-08-20T16:48:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:36.157Z","description":"Chris + Bruce 4Ever","url":"https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Chris Christie","New Jersey","Bruce Springsteen","Jamie Foxx"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3148701/chris-christie-bruce-springsteen/","name":"Watch Chris Christie Get Totally Defensive About Being Friends With Bruce Springsteen"}}]}] ```