New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) got a few compliments on his weight loss Wednesday at a town hall.
After a woman told Christie he looked “smaller,” the governor replied “Let’s not be totally unfair, I am much smaller now than I used to be,” according to CNN. “I used to be bigger.”
Christie added that his wife tells him he needs to buy new suits.
“But I’m on a budget,” he said, as quoted by CNN. “I gotta be careful, you know?”
The governor underwent lap-band stomach surgery in February 2013. His weight had sometimes made him the butt of jokes, including at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
“Governor, do you want bridge jokes or size jokes? ‘Cause I’ve got a bunch of both. I could go half and half. I know you like a combo platter,” comedian Joel McHale said, throwing in a reference to the scandal surrounding lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.
The governor told Vanity Fair at an after party that McHale’s jabs didn’t faze him.
Well, at least he’ll still fit in his orange prison jumpsuit.
I don’t like Christie and Hope the Feds catch him.
However, as a fat person myself, I appreciate what he has gone through to lose weight and commend ours to follow suit.
He may be thinner, but he’s always been a small man.
“…at a town hall…”
Where he again failed to explain why he risked the lives of his constituents to make a political payback.
He was, evidently, pleased to talk about himself.
Stress is an unhealthy way to lose weight but effective.