Amid the White House gradually shutting out journalists and reports that Sean Spicer is looking for a way out of his role, Steve Bannon had a bizarre explanation for the press secretary’s disappearing press briefings.

“Sean got fatter,” the White House chief strategist told The Atlantic’s Rosie Gray.

Bannon did not respond to a follow-up question, Gray wrote.

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