I love Carrie Fisher so much. I have loved her since I was a little girl and she was the unbelievably cool Princess Leia. I’ve loved her over the years as she’s laughed at herself and dealt with her addictions and mental illness with humor and grace. I loved her a few weeks ago when she called out John Travolta for being gay.

And I love her now for being honest.

The 5’1″ actress and writer says she was a teeny tiny 105 pounds back in her Star Wars days, but got up to 180 pounds late last year.

“I’m fat,” says Fisher, 54. “All the clothes in my closet belong to another chick. They have to make a new alphabet for my bra size.”

Fisher, who weighed around 105 lbs. when she starred in the Star Wars trilogy in the late ’70s and early ’80s, says her weight crept up over the years and grew out of control three years ago when she went on the road with her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, thanks to no exercise and an unbalanced diet.

I love love love Carrie Fisher. For lots of reasons. But mostly because she does not give a bleep and she just tells the truth about things that most people in the industry want kept quiet.

Like this juicy tidbit. It’s been rumored since the 80′s that John Travolta was gay, but his legal team and his church (Scientology) have worked very hard to keep the rumors to minimum. But apparently Princess Leia cares not about being sued or attacked by aliens because she publicly outed her buddy Johnny T. in the Advocate.

The interviewer asked: “I know you and Travolta go way back, so let’s get really blunt here: Does his (Travolta’s) legal team have any business demanding Gawker remove a recent post suggesting that he’s given (bleep) jobs?”

Fisher answered: “Wow! I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care. Look, I’m sorry that he’s uncomfortable with it, and that’s all I can say. It only draws more attention to it when you make that kind of legal fuss. Just leave it be.”

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We are all aware that there is a major double standard in Hollywood that allows male actors like Harrison Ford to remain sexy and very hire-able well into their 60’s and relegates their female peers to behind the camera jobs. We totally understand how that might make one a tiny bit bitter, but come on Carrie Fisher, set a good example and take the high road!

Why bring up the fact that you bagged a young Harrison Ford back in your hot Princess Leia days now? Carrie was braggin’ about baggin’ Han Solo on a British television show this week.

“I went on the film saying ‘I’m going to have an affair’, like it was a kiwi, an exotic fruit — because I’d never had one! I had a crush on Harrison for sure. Harrison is great fun when he’s had a few drinks.”

Shaking her head and saying: “I’m going to get in so much trouble,” she adds: “Once I left the room and came back and he was in the closet not wearing a lot of clothes.”

Carrie Fisher is just the picture refinement and grace, ain’t she?

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