Actress Gabourey Sidibe visited the Oprah Winfrey show this past friday to promote the film “Precious” which opened up in 100 Markets last week. Originally the film opened in 18 theaters across the nation and racked in almost 2 million its first weekend. While there, Oprah asked Gabby about her weight:
“Lee Daniels, the director said: You speak like a white girl from the valley. That you are a special girl, either in denial about your physicality or from another planet because you are so evolved, so secure about who you are. Where does all this confidence come from? You walk into a room obviously not a size 2 or 12 but has such great confidence about it. It doesn’t seem to bother you at all”
Gabourey responded:
“It’s something I’ve had to work at. My first diet started when I was six years old. I’ve never been a small girl. One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body. I was 21 or 22. I got tired of feeling bad all the time. I got tired of hating myself and so I really had that conversation with myself and find what I love about myself".
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