New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Curtis Bashaw took to social media to confirm that he froze during his recent debate with Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) because he “never stopped to get a bite to eat.” The two men were squaring off Sunday during a 90-minute debate when Bashaw began slurring his words and stopped speaking.

Things took a wild turn during a U.S. Senate debate in New Jersey on Sunday when the GOP candidate appeared to experience a medical emergency on stage.Curtis Bashaw, the Republican vying for the Senate seat,

I thought it went really well other than making a little bit of a spectacle there at the very beginning,” Bashaw said afterwards.