Having been a lot thinner on Skating with Celebrities, was it tough going before the cameras overweight?
Swanson: Actually, my plan was to stay home for six months, lose the weight and get back in shape, but in this role it’s perfectly understandable that I would be overweight. It’s real life. I still have my post-pregnancy “pooch.” It is what it is. TV Guide: Are you engaged now to Lloyd? Swanson: I guess you could say so. I don’t have an engagement ring yet, but we’re getting married, probably this October. We want a small wedding, hopefully in the Caribbean. TV Guide: You fell in love with a guy who dropped you on the ice. I remember that show. Swanson: [Laughs] It had happened earlier that week in rehearsal, so it was just opening the same wound I already had. It was my fault, because I jumped too soon. He pulled me back and saved me, actually. It could’ve been a lot worse. TV Guide: Did you fall for him — romantically — on the show? Swanson: [Laughs] No. I liked him, but I don’t think I realized I had feelings for him until after the fact, when I really missed him. It’s not what ever
