Gov. Chris Christie and a group of deadbeat celebs stiffed the winner of their fantasy football league by not paying their dues, sources exclusively tell Page Six.
The sources say the embattled New Jersey governor was a member of a fantasy league associated with Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton’s WFAN show, “Boomer & Carton,” along with celebrity players including comic and sports host Jay Mohr, “Entourage” star Kevin Connolly, celebrity chef Bobby Flay, actor Robert Wuhl and Broadway star Constantine Maroulis.
But when it came time to pay up at the end of the season, many of the spoilsport VIPs, including Christie, dragged their heels. “The buy-in was $500,” a source explained of the way the league worked. “The season goes till the Super Bowl. So as the season goes along, when each celeb player gets knocked out in the playoffs, the player puts in the money.”
When the season ended this year, the winner of the pool was “Rock of Ages” god Maroulis. But the majority of his fellow players never ponied up the money they owed into the winner’s pool, and he got stiffed, sources said.
“Constantine was supposed to win $6,000,” said a source. “But he got, like, $2,000. The only famous guy who paid up was Connolly. The rest of them, including Christie, didn’t pay up. There were 12 players in their pool.”
Maroulis is the former “American Idol” star who moved to Broadway in “Rock of Ages” and has been playing with the band Jessie’s Girl.
Christie made a surprise appearance at Esiason’s Friars Club roast last month, joking about the turnout, “I’ve seen bigger stars after bumping my head. What happened?” He said of Esiason, “Boomer is one of the three greatest quarterbacks in Jets history. Which is one of the single saddest things I have ever said in public.”
Christie’s spokesman and reps for the other players did not return requests for comment.
A rep for “Boomer & Carton” told us: “It was a fun wager amongst friends, and a good time was had by all.”
Chef Flay told us that, like Connolly, he also paid up. “I paid my debt months ago to that fantasy football league,” he commented.