Washington
(ANI):
A
comment
that
U.S.
President
Barack
Obama
had
made
about
Jessica
Simpson
in
an
interview
with
Matt
Lauer
has
left
many
wondering
whether
he
called
her
fat.
During
the
interview,
Obama
was
shown
a
copy
of
US
Magazine,
and
told
that
the
editors
had
cut
him
out
of
the
cover
photo
with
his
wife
and
daughters
to
make
room
for
Simpson.
In
the
upper
right-hand
corner
of
the
cover
was
a
photo
of
a
curvier
Simpson,
and
the
headline:
"Weight
Battle."
When
Lauer
pointed
it
out
to
him,
he
joked
that
it
was
painful
and
added
the
headline
to
his
statement.
However,
it
did
not
sit
well
with
the
ladies,
and
they
thought
the
new
president
was
quite
insensitive.
"Barack
Obama
may
be
the
most
eloquent
politician
on
the
scene
today,
but
he
laid
a
big
one
in
yesterday's
interview
with
Matt
Lauer," Politico.com
quoted
Karen
Tumulty
at
Time's
Swampland
blog
as
having
written.
But
it
now
turns
out
that
the
commander-in-chief
had
said
something
entirely
different
from
the
NBC
transcript.
Upon
reviewing
the
videotape
shows,
Obama
could
be
seen
and
heard
describing
Simpson
as
someone
"who's
in
a
weight
battle",
clearly
showing
that
he
was
reading
the
headline
on
the
cover
of
the
magazine.