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On why she chose to do an untouched photoshoot:

    “I chose to do the shoot because I am so sick of people giving me a hard time for those photos that came out in Complex…

    I love my body the way it is.  I’m not perfect. I have cellulite, so what. If there’s a picture that’s not perfect, where I have cellulite, then people say I’m big. I’m built a certain way, and you just can’t change the way you’re built.  In Hollywood, people are used to stick-skinny women, and that’s never going to be me.”

On people not believing she’s a size 2:

    “I don’t think people get how petite I am because I’m so curvy. I’m small and curvy. The No. 1 thing people ask when they meet me is, ‘Did you lose weight?’”

On her actual measurements:

    “I’m 35-26-40. My dress size is a 4 or a 2/4. I wear a size 4 skirt and size 27 jeans.”

On if she ever gets upset by the comments made about her body:

    “Sometimes I do. On the red carpet, the paparazzi scream for me to turn around because they just want butt shots. People feel so free to talk about my butt, and it’s not comfortable. Girls come up to me and grab my butt, or if I’m doing a TV interview, people ask on camera to squeeze my butt. It’s uncomfortable. I’m like, ‘Let’s move on. Everyone’s got a butt, why do you care about mine?’”

On why she’s so open about her body?  Even having a cellulite treatment on the show:

    “I’m so tired of people pretending they’re perfect and covering up things when in reality we are who and what we are. You can try to improve that, but the reality is, nobody’s perfect.”

On how she feels when people say she’s inspired them:

    “I love it when people say I’ve inspired them to love their bodies and embrace who they are. It’s so satisfying to know my message is getting across.”

On keeping up her mojo:

    “I have a 33-year-old man. That’ll keep your mojo mojo-in’.”

On if she ever goes on a food binge:

    “I like Doritos. I’m usually watching The Biggest Loser eating Doritos.”

On her, Obama, and her daughter Nahla being biracial and what it means to her:

    “Nahla will grow up in a completely different America. Obama is someone who’s more like her than not, who shares her history. Hopefully she’ll grow up in a world where it’ll be easier than I had it. I had a rough time. I was accused of stuffing the ballot box for my high school prom-queen election because they couldn’t believe the only black girl in the school won.”

On her addiction to online shopping:

    “I buy baby clothes online. Nahla can’t wear all the clothes I’ve bought. Gabriel’s always like, ‘She doesn’t even leave the house! Halle, you’ve got to stop.’ “