In a feature withTimethe following year, Winter expressed her motivations to go under the knife.
“It wasn’t because I didn’t like how I looked,” she explained.
“Having so much weight on my frame was affecting me psychologically.
I was uncomfortable and unhappy.
I chose surgery because of how I felt, not because of what anyone else thought.”
“Afterward, I automatically felt so much happier and just better physically.
My back and shoulders didn’t hurt anymore!”
“I’m sorry, I just think this is inappropriate.
She should never be embarrassed of her scars but she shouldn’t be flaunting them.”
Winter doesn’t let her estranged mother’s words get to her anymore, though.
