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“I don’t care about being stick-thin.
I don’t want stuff to jiggle.
Really skinny actresses make me hungryI see them and think, Honey, it’s crucial that you eat!
I’m lucky I don’t have to live like that.
I feel my best when I’m a toned, not flabby, size 8.
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“I asked Blake, ‘Dude, why didn’t you tell me I got fat?’
He said, ‘Thatwould go over like a lead balloon.
It’s not my job to tell you you’re fat.
It’s my job to tell you you’re beautiful.'”
“I absolutely hate exercise.
I love it afterward, of course.
But my trainer is so nice, I want to do push-ups to yo him!”
“I drink Bacardi.
My trainer, Bill, approves.
I mean, he’d rather me not drink, butthat’snot an option.”
The “Randa-rita”: Bacardi, Crystal Light and a splash of Sprite Zero.
“I have one before a show and a half during.
Later, if I want to throw down, I throw down!”
“I always scarf down food after a show.
But now, instead of eating a burger, I’ll have a grilled-chicken salad waiting for me.
And except foralmondsand bananas, I don’t keep snacks on the bus.
I don’t want Cheetos anywhere around me.”
“I carry a weapon.
I got a death threat a few years ago and was really scared.
But I don’t want bodyguards.
I am my own security.”
“I’m a small-town girl.
When you’re famous, whoever you were before comes out more.
So if you were an ass, you’ll be even more of an ass.”
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“Blake and I barely see each other.
There have been challenges the first year, but we faced them.
We’re individuals, but together we’re a force to be reckoned with.”
“We eat the meat we kill.
Blake and I served it at our wedding!
I love it when people are down on me for hunting.
If you eat meat at all, I don’t want to hear about it!”
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But eventually you’re, like, Oh crapI shouldn’t have done that!
I didn’t have the energy or lung capacity I needed.
It was a good idea to get strong again.”
“Me and my band, the Pistol Annies, we like to party.
We’re country artists.
We don’t sing girly songs.
Too many girls in my business get too girly.
I’m, like, Come on, you know you’ve got dip in your mouth right now.
Quit singing girly like that!”
“I won’t give up what I enjoy to look perfect.
“I live on hairspray.
The bigger the hair, the closer to God.”
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“I wanted to get in shape for the Academy of Country Music Awards.”
Lambert won both Female Vocalist and Album of the Year.
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“I don’t mind having a big butt.
I actuallylikethat about myself.”
“I think Blake is a bit scared of me.
“I say what I think.
My song ‘Gunpowder and Lead’ is about domestic violence.
When I saw [Chris Brown perform] at the Grammys, it upset me.
I felt like the entertainment industry wasn’t sending a good message.
So I tweeted about it.
I could have kept it to myself, but I’m glad I didn’t.
And I might have to use some curse words to get my point across.”
