Former Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels is blasting “so many lies” in Netflix‘s new documentary on the weight loss reality competition show.
Micaels has unleashed a series of social posts showing “receipts” she has that she says refute claims of mistreatment from her former cohost Bob Harper and others on the show.
According to the new docuseries Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser, Michaels allegedly worked with producers to restrict contestants’ caloric intakes to dangerous levels, gave contestants caffeine pills, and prevented contestants from getting proper medical care.
Michaels spoke to TMZ founder Harvey Levin on Tuesday, saying that the docuseries is “filled with so many lies, and, of course, I have the emails and text messages to back all this up.”
She added that she was debating whether to “pursue this legally, [or] do I just do a data dump and give you all the emails and all the receipts?”
Now, in a series of posts on Instagram, she’s released those receipts.
Michaels’s first post claims to show that allegations that she was caught one season giving her team banned caffeine pills are false.
She says the emails show, “Dr. Huizenga did approve caffeine pills on many seasons of Biggest Loser,” “Bob Harper not only knew about the caffeine pills, ‘the ‘stackers fat burner’ were actually his suggestion,” and “caffeine was NEVER banned on The Biggest Loser.”
She also posted what she said was her “second to last text ever to Bob Harper.”
“I really think it’s shitty of you to not even respond to my texts,” the image reads. “It’s this kind of thing that always makes me so disappointed my [sic] our relationship.”
In another post, Michaels addressed the allegation that she restricted contestants’ calories to an unhealthy level. She shows an email instructing a contestant to consume “1,600 calories per day” while home for the holidays.
“Additionally, the two other emails posted here are standard communications with the show’s producers and medical staff, emphasizing the ongoing priority of ensuring contestants were adequately nourished and the need to provide a steady supply of fresh food in the BL house to guarantee ready access to calories.”
Michaels also addressed one of the documentary’s biggest controversies – that surrounding season 15 winner Rachel Frederickson, who began the show weighing 260 lbs and ended it weighing just 105 lbs.
“Not only did I never once get the opportunity to personally work with Rachel Frederickson in any capacity – I raised serious concerns both publicly and to NBC directly about contestant health and the condition of Rachel in particular at BL’s Season 15 finale. In response, I received a direct email from Paul Telegdy, then-Chairman of NBC Entertainment. In that email, he made clear that if I did not publicly condone the appearance of contestant Rachel Frederickson at the show’s finale, NBC would pursue legal action against me. I resigned from The Biggest Loser shortly thereafter.”
In a recent interview, Harper said he was “really proud” of his time on the show and has “learned not to take things personally” when criticized about it.
He added that he tries “not to have too many regrets,” but admitted that it was a mistake to tell a contestant it was “good” that she threw up because it would help her lose weight.
Still, he argues that “everyone that came on Loser, we were all adults” and says, “I knew what the show represented to me. I have nothing but a good experience and really good memories.”
Since leaving the show, Michaels, who is a lesbian, has become a conservative commentator and writer.
In June, she wrote a Daily Mail opinion piece saying she wasn’t proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community because of the “leather daddies, drag shows, and corporate stunts” at Pride.
This August, Michaels was on celebrity.land when she complained that “every single thing” in the Smithsonian “is like, ‘white people bad,’ and that’s just not the truth.”
She argued that “less than 2 percent of white Americans owned slaves” and that Americans were “the first race to try to end slavery.”
Michaels also criticized the Smithsonian’s installation about sports, saying that gender testing is “basic science… XX chromosome, XY chromosome.”
This article originally appeared on Out: Jillian Michaels: ‘Many lies’ in ‘Biggest Loser’ doc may lead her to sue
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