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I had one joke, where I said something like: ‘I’m fat because I overeat. SAnd I overeat because I have a lot of pain inside. Like, for example, right here’” — she points to her cheek — “‘is a chicken bone I haven’t quite swallowed yet.’” I laugh appreciatively, but was I supposed to? “It’s really a lose-lose situation,” she says. “I do think there’s something powerful in a fat comedian being visible, owning the stage and calling out what the audience is already thinking.