[Less Than Perfect `s Sara Rue wowed the crowd with her slim figure. The strawberry blonde Rue, who spent the past two months traveling through Europe, said she has lost at least 30 pounds since she started on the show three years ago by] cutting out the booze. ... I`m really close to Eric`s wife (Eliza), so it`s a little awkward.

cutting out the booze.

ABC has been nothing but supportive and wonderful. I think their point is that people are sick of seeing women who are size two (NZ size 8) on television, and it`s time we had someone who`s a size eight (NZ size 16) carrying a show.

In my mind I`m pretending that Geena Davis is actually running the country because it makes me feel a lot more secure. We all thought of Hillary Clinton when we heard they were making this show. I hope it takes off!