“I am wearing a size 28 Paige Jeans. Jeans don't lie, and I am just happy!” — Ricki Lake

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.

My body holds on to every part of every, you know, calorie that there is out there.