Failed presidential candidate and four-year Trump adviser Chris Christe opened up to CNN’s Dana Bash about how all those comments about his weight actually made him tougher:
Check out this very candid and raw part of my convo with @ChrisChristie from “Being…”https://t.co/XQbwtwuCz3
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) November 16, 2021
From her interview:
“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.”
And Christie said “it’s been extraordinary . . . to watch that” comments about a person’s weight are still acceptable:
Commenting on the fact that public remarks about someone’s appearance have generally become unacceptable in recent years, Christie told Bash that “it’s been extraordinary to me to watch that that applies to everything about a person except for the weight.”
Does Christie mean attacks about his weight from his good friend, the president?
Here is Trump telling Christie, “No more Oreos”:
WATCH: Trump mocks Chris Christie's weight at fundraiser: "No more Oreos" https://t.co/t8Rg8adLWi pic.twitter.com/yk7xZjvE3w
— The Hill (@thehill) May 20, 2016
Keep in mind, this was at Christie’s own fundraiser:
Trump helps pay off Christie's campaign debts — and takes a jab at his weight: https://t.co/ZvE6cHU5Io
— Shawn Boburg (@ShawnBoburg) May 20, 2016
Roger Stone also took a shot at Christie’s weight during the campaign:
Trump confidante Roger Stone takes a shot at Trump adviser Chris Christie's weight and outfit pic.twitter.com/tYVACmE9kd
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 29, 2016
Yet, Christie stayed by Trump the entire time:
Donald Trump told Chris Christie to lose weight: "You gotta look better to be able to win," book claims https://t.co/mkkvYXFOjM pic.twitter.com/nVPHcqWA0O
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 16, 2019
You know, maybe Christie should have said something at the time he was being publicly humiliated. That’s how it works.
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