Oprah Gets First Interview With Chimp Attack Victim

Oprah Gets First Interview With Chimp Attack Victim

Published: November 12, 2009 @ 6:43 am
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By New York Post

The Connecticut woman left horrifically disfigured by an attacking, 200-pound chimpanzee unveiled her mutilated face on TV yesterday -- incredibly insisting she bears no bitterness.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Charla Nash, 56, said she usually walks around the Cleveland Clinic with her face covered so she doesn't frighten hospital visitors.

"So I don't scare people ... so I figure maybe it's easier if I just walk around covered up," Nash said.

She was mauled by a chimp owned by her friend Sandra Herold in Stamford on Feb. 16.

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