Chris Christie speaks out about relentless attacks on his weight: 'I think it's made me tougher'
CNN
Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie opened up about the attacks on his weight that have hounded him throughout his political career, saying that while he used to find them hurtful, they have made him "tougher."
Christie, whose appearance as an overweight politician has long been the subject of jokes by late-night talk show hosts and criticism from constituents and others, told CNN's Dana Bash in "Being... Chris Christie," that "after a while, you just learn to deal with it."
"I could be talking about the Iran nuclear deal and I'll get a response from somebody on email or Twitter or Facebook or wherever saying, 'You fat S.O.B. You blah, blah, blah,'" he said in the second episode in Bash's "Being..." series, which aired in full on Monday at 10 p.m. ET. "I'm like, 'Okay, well, what's that have to do with the Iran nuclear deal?' One of the amazing things to me -- and like I said, I think it's made me tougher -- is that no one sees that as a problem."