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Now if only she could find a man to feel the same way. Despite a few high-profile romances – her past loves include director John Singleton and NBA star Chris Webber – Banks says her recent dates have had a hard time coping with her career. "They have to understand my schedule – I'm a very busy woman!" Another obstacle: accepting that the Banks they see on TV – you know, the one with "the hair weaves and false eyelashes" – is not the Banks they'll get at home. "They want to date me, then after a while you wake up and they are like, 'What's this?' " she says. "This is a creation my team put together. That's my biggest insecurity."
But not, she wants to make clear, the number on the scale. "I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?" she says. "If I was in pain, I would have dieted. The pain is not there – the pain is someone printing a picture of me and saying those [horrible] things."
Besides, Banks is having a lot more fun these days eating the pancakes off a friend's plate at IHOP than trying to fit into designer sample sizes. Of course, if someone would come up with a miracle cure for cellulite, she's not above admitting she'd be first in line. "I think every woman," she says, "would want to do something about their cellulite!"
• By Allison Adato. Amy Elisa Keith in Los Angeles
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