If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension.
Jo BrandI think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others.
Jo BrandI like men. They are hugely entertaining, but they have a lot of shortcomings and you just have to bear those in mind.
Jo BrandI used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.
Jo Brand