"After jokingly referring to himself as the Fat Forrest Gump, he was asked about his use of the word 'fat.'"

"People need to get over it... I’m fat and I’m calling myself fat. People are too worried about offending everybody. That’s what’s wrong with this country.”

Said Eric Hites, the "Fat Guy Across America," who's arrived in New York City and has a big NYT article about him.