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I don't know! I'm not really a big sweets person. I'm more a meal eater. [Katie] is really cool. She shipped some Gino's East pizza down from Chicago. That was the bomb. That put a hurtin' on. I just kept working out. They had a little gym I would go to and I would walk the track behind a high school.
No sweets? What do you snack on?
I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
How do you feel about always being labeled the curvy, big, beautiful girl?
It's good for regular girls because the meter [for beauty] has been a slim white girl. Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades. [In Hollywood] we've definitely gotten better with body type. It used to be just me! Now with [Dreamgirls star] Jennifer Hudson's success and [Ugly Betty's] America Ferrera, I got some successors to take the reins on this whole bodylicious thing.
You rolled your eyes at the word "curvy." How would you describe yourself?
Normal! [laughs] I think I'm normal compared to the statistics. This is a big country nowadays. I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous.
What did you think of your body as a little girl growing up in Newark?
My body grew before I was ready for it – especially when you hadn't quite figured out really how to rock these things. [gestures to her chest] I was an athlete, playing basketball, and I didn't have the right bra. I was bouncing all over the place. I had to run down the court like this. [holds her arms tight against her sides] It was tough. One of my friends called them "McCongas." You feel awkward, but eventually I grew to love what I had.
So why the breast-reduction surgery in 2003?
It took me about a year and half to really do it. I didn't want to get it. But I had lost 25 lbs. and my breasts didn't go anywhere! I was still carrying that load. I didn't quite want them to be this small. [laughs] I was a little p--- about that.
What were you before?
An E or an F cup. I was pretty big. Now I'm like a DD. I wanted to be a triple. They took one D too many! So that was hard to deal with. And there's scarring and stitches. It was painful .I missed my old look. I went through a little depression after surgery. I even got a weak prescription for antidepressants, but I didn't take it.
