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Chris Christie Got Secret Stomach Surgery To Help Him Lose Weight
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John Del Signore
Published May 7, 2013
Modified May 7, 2013
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie secretly underwent stomach surgery in February in an attempt to lose weight, and sources say he's already dropped nearly 40 pounds. The Post reports that Christie's lap-band stomach surgery included "placing a silicone tube around the top of his stomach, where it restricts the amount of food he can eat at one time and makes him feel fuller, faster."
The development is expected to cripple the Garden State's dining industry. "A week or two ago, I went to a steakhouse and ordered a steak and ate about a third of it and I was full," Christie told the Post. The husky governor is running for reelection this fall, but political insiders say his campaign is doomed without the support bankrupt restaurant owners and laid-off waiters, not to mention the state's big and tall clothing retailers.
But maybe alienating New Jersey's food industry isn't something Christie's concerned about. One political donor tells the Post that the surgery signals Christie's intention to run for president in 2016: "This means he’s running for president. He’s showing people he can get his weight in control. It was the one thing holding him back." Christie, however, insists he did it for his kids.
"I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” Christie tells the tabloid. “For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them. It’s so much more important than [running for president]." There's been speculation that Christie may have diabetes, and a former White House physician said in February she was worried "he may have a heart attack. But during a particularly funny appearance on David Letterman's show earlier this year, Christie insisted he was in "startlingly good health....I’m basically the healthiest fat guy you’ve ever seen in your life." Then he took another bite of a donut.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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