“There was one point where I went 20 questions in a row without being asked a question”. He’s polling 11th in a field of 17, and his sctick of “loud person who says outrageous things” is now taken up rather aggressively by Donald Trump. I’m standing up there, standing next to Marco Rubio and we’re still going, ‘Are we still on?

“I didn’t think it was appropriate for that night”, Christie responded, acknowledging that some of his 2016 competitors, including retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, had done exactly that.

In his monologue, Fallon joked that the politician showed up in one of Miley Cyrus’s outfits from the MTV Video Music Awards.

There have been additionally loads of antics, with Christie repeatedly making enjoyable of Fallon over a number of current accidents and dramatically pretending to stroll off set when Fallon made a fats joke at Christie’s expense. Fallon said. “That’s what we want to see!”

Fallon mocks Christie’s response telling him, “That sounds like a senior high school yearbook quote”.

“Oh no, I completely expected that, didn’t you?”

He also does not seem to care much for Trump: “Everything he does is fabulous, wonderful, spectacular, amazing. It’s the best”. Apparently they were all out on a boat with their families – which totals up to so many children, by the way, 95% of them Romney’s – and towards the end Romney suggested ice cream.

Christie laughed and replied: “Me too!”

“First of all, you weren’t like, ‘All right, ‘ Fallon chimed”.

In mock fury, Christie leaped to his feet and stormed off the stage. Known for his huge online presence, Fallon will brings along with him numerous popular segments, celebrity sketches and musical parodies that fans have grown to love on “Late Night”, including #Hashtags, Thank You Notes and Slow Jam the News.