Although New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has yet to announce if he will officially run for president in 2016, the embattled official admitted Tuesday that running against potential GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush "would be stressful."

Christie opened up about the prospect that fellow Republican Jeb Bush may also make a bid for the White House during an appearance on his monthly "Ask the Governor" radio program. According to him, it would be stressful if he and the former Florida governor were contending for the 2016 GOP nomination at the same time.

"It would be stressful because I consider Jeb a friend. And he's been a wonderful friend to me," Christie said on New Jersey 101.5 on Tuesday, reports CNN.

"You like to run against people that you don't like," Christie said, adding that Bush helped him deal with Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

"I take Jeb at his word, which is he hasn't made a decision about what he wants to do and that it's an intensely personal decision -- I agree with that," Christie said. "It's a decision that's going to have a great impact on his family so he's going to have to make sure they're on board if he does it -- I agree with that."

Christie, who is still battling controversy over the his alleged "bridge-gate scandal," added that he has to "determine if he has the fire in the belly to do this" before he decides to run for the highest office.

On Wednesday, the NJ governor denied being involved in last year's George Washington Bridge lane closures, saying "there hasn't been one suggestion that I knew anything about" the orders from staff aides to close access lanes, reports ABC News.

When asked if he's thinking of running for president and when he'll make a decision, Christie responded saying, "Yes, and later."

"As far as the impact on my political future, I think it will have none because I didn't do anything," Christie said.

"I'm not the first chief executive who had someone on their staff do something they didn't know something about," Christie said. "I don't think that would hurt anybody's career and it's not going to hurt mine."