Its an eerie thing. My childhood is being washed away.

I have never lied to the people. I have always told them to love themselves, to move their body, and to watch their portions. I never jumped on any other bandwagons for stupid diets or shots or pills or anything. I'm very worried about our young people. And we need to take care of them, or they're not going to live as long as their parents. And this is really something very important to me.

Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.

We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a disgusting jerk.' And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.

When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.