New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had lap-band stomach surgery earlier this year in hopes of losing some of his famous bulk, Christie aides confirmed to POLITICO.
“I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” Christie told the New York Post. “For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them.”
Christie agreed to undergo the operation after his 50th birthday in September, when friends and family urged him to do it. The governor said the decision wasn’t about slimming down before making a presidential bid in 2016, but about staying alive for his four kids, the youngest of whom is still in elementary school.
(Source: Politico)
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As a gastric bypass patient (11 years), I am standing and applauding. The hardest part of the whole thing is saying “yes” to having the surgery. I lost 240 pounds with the Roux-en-Y procedure and I would do it again in a second if I had to.
Kol haKavod Gov!
so what’s with all the secrecy about it?
not secrecy. it’s privacy.