On Tuesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the comments she made Monday claiming that President Donald Trump could be at greater risk of complications from taking medication that is an unproven coronavirus treatment because he is “morbidly obese,” adding that she didn’t anticipate he would be “so sensitive” about his appearance.

“I didn’t know that he would be so sensitive. He’s always talking about other people’s … weight, their pounds,” Pelosi said during an interview on Tuesday.

“I think he should recognize that his words weigh a ton. Instead of telling people to put Lysol into their lungs or taking a medication that has not been approved except under certain circumstances, he should be saying what your previous guest mentioned, things that would help people,” she said, referring to Trump’s musings about disinfectants last month.

Trump initially dismissed Pelosi’s characterization of his weight earlier in the day, saying, “I don’t respond to her. I think she’s a waste of time.”

However, almost five minutes later, at a press conference on Capitol Hill President Trump answered an unrelated question with, “Pelosi is a sick woman. She’s got a lot of problems, a lot of mental problems.”

On Monday Trump claimed that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week and a half after one of his personal valets tested positive for the Covid-19.

Trump has repeatedly hailed the drug, which is used as a treatment for malaria, as a potential Covid-19 cure or preventative measure over the past two months, despite the lack of evidence that it’s effective against the disease. Last month, the FDA warned that people shouldn’t take it outside of clinical trials because of potential heart complications.

“This is an individual decision to make,” Trump said at Tuesday’s press conference. “But it’s had a great reputation, and if it was somebody else other than me, people would say, ‘Gee, isn’t that smart?'”

Pelosi first slammed Trump’s decision to take the drug during an interview with CNN on Monday.

“I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group, morbidly obese, they say,” Pelosi said. “So, I think that it’s not a good idea.”

According to his medical exam released last year, Trump, aged 73, had a listed height of 6 feet, 3 inches and weighed 243 pounds. That would put his body mass index at 30.4, which qualifies him in the “obese” category of 30 or more.