New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is "more than a little" overweight _ but fit enough to be in the White House. 
 
 In this Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. The Republican governor was asked about his weight problem during an... (Associated Press) 
 
 FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Christie says he is “more than a little” overweight, but fit enough to be in the... (Associated Press) 
 
 In this Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reacts to a question during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. The Republican governor was asked about his weight problem during... (Associated Press) 
 
 The Republican governor was asked about his weight problem during an interview with Barbara Walters for her "10 Most Fascinating People" special Wednesday night on ABC. 
 
 Walters told the governor some people say he is too heavy to be president one day. 
 
 "That's ridiculous," Christie responded. "I don't know what the basis for that is." 
 
 Walters said worries about his health were the reason for the concern. The governor then pointed to his widely praised handling of Superstorm Sandy, which has sent his popularity soaring. 
 
 "I've done this job pretty well, and I think people watched me for the last number of weeks and Hurricane Sandy doing 18-hour days and getting right back up the next day and still being just as effective in the job," he said. "So I don't really think that would be a problem." 
 
 If Christie is thinking about making a bid for the White House in 2016, he isn't saying. 
 
 "I don't know what I'll feel like in 2016," he said. "First things first, that was another thing my mother taught me. First things first. First things first is to finish the job I have here." 
 
 Christie had considered a run for president in 2012. Last month, he announced that he would seek re-election as governor, saying he wanted to lead the state through its post-storm rebuilding and that the one year left in his first term wouldn't be enough to finish the job. 
 
 The governor has battled a weight problem for many years and often jokes about his struggles. At a news briefing last month, when asked about Twinkies maker Hostess shutting down, he went on a riff about not taking the bait. "This is a setup!" he jokingly exclaimed. 
 
 When Walters started the discussion by telling Christie he is a "little overweight," he responded: "More than a little." 
 
 Asked why, he answered: "If I could figure that out, I'd fix it." 
 
 The governor was also asked about his weight during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January, and how he deals with people joking about him being fat. He said he had developed "a shell about it." 
 
 He has said he hired a personal trainer about a year ago. ||||| Transcript for Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People: General David Petraeus 
 
 And now we argued for months about who should be our most fascinating person. And then a washington scandal solidified our choice. We chose a man who has held this spot before on our program just two years ago. But general david petraeuswas not chosen this year for his war record or his exemplary serviceto his country. This is about military honor colliding with sex and liesin the digital age. They called him "king david," the country's most respected soldier. Determined, disciplined, and so very smart. Under his expert touch, mullahs in iraq negotiated. The press fawned, and legislatures all but saluted. He is, without question, one of the finest officersand military minds of his generation. Then shockingly, he resigned this fall as head of the cia because he'd had an extramarital affair with paula broadwell, his biographer. Secrets e-mails between them had been discovered by the fbi, who thought they had found security leak. The story was irresistible-- the keeper of the nation's secrets unable to conceal his own. Suddenly, moments from the recent past took on new meaning. A mention of his wife holly in this speech. I'm sure glad she's been on my side for 37 wonderful years. This remark frompaula broadwell's book tour... I'm not in lovewith david petraeus. And this one. He, um, is infamousfor his use of e-mail. As the story unfolded, the cast of characters grew. Jill kelley, a florida socialite-- she had gotten threatening anonymous e-mails that paula broadwell had secretly sent. Frederick humphries, an fbi agent-- kelley had asked him to investigate the e-mails. General john allen-- he had sent his own e-mails to jill kelley, the florida socialite. Natalie khawam-- jill's identical twin who had no relation to the story. But who can resist an identical twin? Was the affair just a juicy scandal, or was there anything to be learned from all this? Well, these few tips maybe. Some phrases have double meanings, so be careful what you call your book. Don't get anyone in the fbi mad at you. And above all, be careful when you're in florida. Crazy things can happen there. Still, it was hard to understand how a man like this could fall so far from grace. Was it the femme fatalein fatigues? Did he lose his bearings when he entered civilian life? Or was it simpler? Was he just a man suffering from a severe case of human nature? The contradictions in his character and career are a reminder that no one, however powerful, is free of human frailty or immune to reversals of fortune. And that, for us, makes general david petraeus the most fascinating person of 2012. 
 
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– Barbara Walters unveiled her most fascinating person of the year last night: General David Petraeus. The sex-scandal-plagued former CIA director's extramarital affair and shocking resignation was a story that Walters deemed "irresistible" during her annual special. "The keeper of the nation's secrets unable to conceal his own." She didn't actually interview Petraeus, but she did sit down with others who made the list—including Chris Christie, who said it's "ridiculous" that critics think he's too overweight to be president, the AP reports.