{"id":673023,"date":"2026-05-16T08:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673023\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:01:17","slug":"bruce-springsteen-takes-a-hard-pass-at-chris-christies-high-five-attempt-during-nyc-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673023\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen takes a hard pass at Chris Christie\u2019s high-five attempt during NYC concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruce Springsteen<\/a> appeared to snub former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie\u2019s attempts at a high-five during his concert Thursday evening in New York City, captured in a now-viral video. <\/a><\/p>\n

Christie, who has attended more than 150 Springsteen concerts<\/a> and kept every ticket stub, was standing front row on the right side of the stage at the Barclays Center. The Republican politician\u2019s seat put him in the perfect spot to obtain a high-five to Springsteen as he was walking through the crowd during \u201c10th Avenue Freeze-Out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Springsteen tapped the hands of several fans before approaching Christie\u2019s territory, then made a hard left toward the stage, snubbing his fellow New Jerseyan\u2019s attempts at the high-five, according to a video taken by journalist Mike Ryan.<\/a><\/p>\n

From the video, it appears Christie did not let the moment sour his concert-going experience<\/a>, as the former governor continued to clap for his musical idol.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if Springsteen knowingly snubbed Christie. Springsteen\u2019s head appeared to be down as he walked toward the stage, and he missed some high-fives from other fans in the general admission area.<\/p>\n

\"Bruce<\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen appeared snub former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of a high-five while performing at the Barclay Center Thursday (AP)<\/p>\n

But it wouldn\u2019t be the first time Springsteen has taken issue with the former governor.<\/p>\n

Springsteen, a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party, <\/a>has strongly voiced opposition to Christie and his Republican policies.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Springsteen penned a letter to the editor for the Asbury Park Press denouncing Christie\u2019s state budget for helping the wealthy while ignoring the working class and poor.<\/p>\n

In 2014, Springsteen joined late-night host Jimmy Fallon in making a parody of \u201cBorn to Run\u201d<\/a> to mock Christie for Bridgegate, the political scandal where Christie\u2019s office was accused of intentionally closing lanes to the George Washington Bridge as a form of political retribution.<\/p>\n

More recently, Springsteen has positioned himself staunchly against President Donald Trump<\/a>, delivering anti-authoritarian monologues during shows and calling the administration \u201ccorrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless\u201d among other things.<\/p>\n

While Christie began opposing Trump after the 2020 presidential election, the former governor endorsed Trump in 2016 and was even considered for a top role in the first administration.<\/p>\n

Christie and Springsteen\u2019s dueling political views have put them at odds. But that has never stopped Christie from loving Springsteen\u2019s music.<\/p>\n

\"Christie,<\/p>\n

Christie, pictured at a 2024 Springsteen concert in Baltimore, is a longtime fan of \u2018The Boss\u2019 and has attended more than 150 of his concerts (Getty)<\/p>\n

While serving as governor of New Jersey, Christie attended<\/a> multiple Springsteen shows<\/a>. For his first night as a regular citizen after leaving office in 2018, the former governor attended Springsteen\u2019s Broadway show.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because we disagree doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t get him,\u201d Christie told The Atlantic in 2012 <\/a>when asked about their differing views.<\/p>\n

But as the years have gone on, the two New Jerseyans have seemingly made peace.<\/p>\n

As recently as March, Christie said his relationship with Springsteen was \u201creally good\u201d and recounted how several years ago, Springsteen called him after spotting him in the pit during one of his concerts at the Barclay Center<\/p>\n

\u201cHe goes, \u2018You know, I just want you to know, I really respect you,\u2019\u201d Christie recounted to the podcast \u201cThe Fifth Column.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he said, \u2018I want us to be friends, let’s just put the politics stuff aside and let’s just be friends,\u2019\u201d Christie said, adding that he and Springsteen \u201ctext\u201d and \u201ctalk\u201d now.<\/p>\n

Even during Thursday evening\u2019s concert, when Springsteen played more politically-charged songs, Christie still stood by \u2013 albeit checking his phone, Ryan noted in a post for his Substack, \u201cThe Hard Pass.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The Independent has asked Christie and representatives for Springsteen for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen appeared to snub former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie\u2019s attempts at a high-five during his concert…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[20525,49,48,75,247638,341],"class_list":["post-673023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-governor-chris-christie","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}