New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tells Oprah Winfrey in a soon-to-be-aired interview that he’s “developed a bit of a shell” when it comes to people talking about his weight.
The interview between the queen of daytime talk TV and Christie will air Sunday at 9 p.m. on the Oprah Winfrey Network. A transcript of the talk was obtained by the AP.
“People comment on my weight all the time and they comment on yours,” Winfrey said. “Is it ever hurtful to you?”
Christ replied, “Not anymore. I think it hurt me a lot when I was younger. But I kinda think now I’ve developed a bit of a shell about it because it’s been talked about so much. I don’t like being overweight. I know I’d be healthier and better off if I weren’t.”
The governor went on to say he feels guilty about his size. “I would love to show these people who say that because I’m overweight that means I’m not disciplined. They think you can get to where I am by being undisciplined? Let me show them,” he said. “But more the guilt that I feel is in regard to my children that I wish that I could get better control of it just for my own health and my own future with them.”
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BourbonDemocrat
Jan. 15, 2012 at 1:44amThe majority of fat people have a genetic predilection to gaining weight. For most of human history this has been a very helpful trait. Think of food shortages in occupied Europe during WWII as an example. If easily gaining weight weren’t a good trait it wouldn’t be so common in the population as a whole. I predict it will come in handy again in the very near future no matter who gets elected president. Tough times are coming!
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ModerationIsBest
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:58pmObviously there are medical conditions etc that can have an impact on someone’s weight but these are the exceptions.
A decent chunk of it is people who don’t show moderation in what/how they eat and exercise. You don’t need to be able to go to the gym 5 days a week for an hour at a time in order to be in shape.
Eat correct portions,make it healthy food when possible and exercise a moderate amount and you will be able to lose some weight.
I have tried to help friends and family of mine who are overweight(some obese) and they flat out say they don’t want to work out or eat correctly. Is that the norm among overweight/obese people? Who knows but there is no denying that there are a lot of people out there who just don’t care about being in shape and curbing health issues that come with it.
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Ballzonya
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:55pmDude’s huge, eh?
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lovemynation
Jan. 13, 2012 at 12:11pmNo one plans their lives around getting fat. Its shameful that those who do not deal with weight issues, or do and can afford to work out everyday at the local gym, consistantly ridicule those of us who do deal with it. No one has the right to decide you’re fat because you lack something. Weight can be caused by the usual overeating or eating whats fattening, but it can also be caused by genetics, medication, a glandular disease, and many other things. Society decided that if you aren’t packing a 6pack abs, or a 13 inch waist or don’t “fit” what now the gov’t has decided you must fit, then they are quick to tell you what a slob you are. And now that Ms. O has decided that its time for all of us to be 6ft, 50lbs, and fit into a size 0 dress, I guess that our food choices and diet decisions will be based on what she decides is best for us. I can see it now. We will not only be impoverished because no one in DC knows how to keep their hands out of our pockets, but will also be starving because the govt decided that we need to lose some weight, and has cut down our food choices as well as how much we are allowed to eat at one sitting. Of course, never mind that we can only afford to eat once a day, if that, since the Obama royalty came on the scene. I notice no one is commenting on the weight that others in the spot light carry. No snide remarks about or to Oprah. At some point, we need to quit focusing on people’s weight. There are more important things to worry about.
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Joe Herring
Jan. 13, 2012 at 10:56amWhy is it that people think they need to tell a fat person they are fat? Do they think that obesity has resulted in blindness to a mirror? Are the thin convinced that the obese are unable to decipher the label on their clothing and mistake “Size 54″ for “Size 32?” Enough of the foolishness. If I want a burger, I’ll have a burger, and some pencil-necked anorexic hollow-eyed vegan is likely to get punched if he tries telling me I’m “hurting the A) Planet, B) Poor animals, C) myself.
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billrow
Jan. 13, 2012 at 1:31pmI do know morbidly obese people who are blind to it. I’m not joking. The females wear bare midrift blouses, low cut jeans and talk about how hot they look.
One day at work as I was going to the machine to buy a diet coke, I asked one seriously obese fellow employee if he wanted one. He got really offended and asked if I was implying he was fat.
I like Chris Christie. I think he’s pragmatic and disciplined. I don’t give a rat’s rear end how heavy he is. That’s his own business and cross to bear. Seems the only ones interested in his weight are shallow minded liberals.
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