"How thin-skinned is he that he can't take any criticism and how will that effect his ability to be the president?" This was Chris Christie's initial reaction after finding out that Donald Trump won't join them for Fox's News debate this Thursday, Jan. 28.

As per TIME's report, just a few minutes after Trump declared that he "might not" show up for the Fox debate, his campaign manager confirmed that Trump won't be joining the activity.

Donald Trump passed on the debate because he "feels" that Megyn Kelly, the moderator, is being biased against him. Trump also mentioned that his opponents are doing their best to distract his focus toward the upcoming elections as per Politico's report.

A statement that was released by his campaign manager mentioned that Trump will engage in other activaties instead of attending the said debate. It emphasized that "He will not be participating in the FOX News debate and will instead host an event in Iowa to raise money for the Veterans and Wounded Warriors, who have been treated so horribly by our all talk, no action politicians."

Trump's irrevocable decision to skip the Republican debate ended up with a mock from his fellow GOP candidates.

One of the candidates Jeb Bush even placed a bet for Trump to show up, "I've got a $20 bet he shows up."

Jeb Bush also mocked Trump's reason on why he declined to show up for Thursday's debate, "Really? He complains about not being treated fairly by the press? He consumes all the press, He's a Stradivarius violinist in the Vienna symphony, man. I mean, the press is just being played like nobody's business. Poor little Donald, Barack Obama doesn't go on Fox either, so now they have that in common."

Aside from Jeb Bush and Chris Christie, Trump's biggest opponent Ted Cruz also challenged him to a one-on-one debate; Donald trump however didn't respond to Cruz's offer.

Donald Trump had been throwing jabs at Fox News after the "debate conflict" made the headlines. He even called on Fox News' Megyn Kelly referring to her as a "lightweight reporter" in one of his Twitter posts

As per Deadline's update in regards to Thurday's Republican debate, Fox News released an official statement saying, "Megyn Kelly has no conflict of interest. Donald Trump is just trying to build up the audience for Thursday's debate, for which we thank him."