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The heartfelt embrace wasn’t felt so warmly across the Garden State, with critics taking shots at Christie’s weight and 2016 presidential ambitions.

The situation confused Larry King.

“Anyone else wondering WHY Chris Christie was in Jerry Jones’ box for #DetvsDAL? I knew politics made strange bedfellows, but football too?” he wrote on Twitter.

Anyone else wondering WHY Chris Christie was in Jerry Jones' box for #DETvsDAL? I knew politics made strange bedfellows, but football too??

— Larry King (@kingsthings) January 5, 2015

Christie’s brother Todd, frustrated by the online vitriol, wrote that his brother’s critics need to “get a life.”

“The Gov has been a Cowboys fan for his entire life and ALL of you would sit with the owner of your favorite team in a heartbeat if given the chance,” Todd Christie wrote on Facebook.

At this point, Christie is considered a good luck charm for the Cowboys. The team is 4-0 when he is in attendance, according to the Dallas Morning News. And he expects to keep on attending the team’s playoff games. The Cowboys next play Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.

“This is really exciting stuff,” Christie told the Dallas Morning News following Sunday’s game. “We’ve had a few tough years behind us with the end of the season coming too quick, so for a Cowboys fan this is great stuff. I can’t wait until next week.”

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