Everything Jillian Michaels Has Said About Netflix’s ‘Biggest Loser’ Docuseries

Jillian Michaels came under fire with the release of Netflix’s The Biggest Loser tell-all docuseries — and she was quick to take back the narrative.

In Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser, which premiered in August, celebrity trainer Michaels was criticized for her controversial moments on the reality show. (She was a trainer on the weight loss series intermittently from 2004 to 2014.)

Michaels received backlash following a 2013 episode in which she was accused of cheating when she allegedly allowed her team to take caffeine pills without a doctor’s permission.

That story line was brought back to light on the docuseries after Dr. Robert Huizenga claimed he was not comfortable with some of the show’s extreme methods.

“As the show really got popular, some things were being done that I really … took issue with,” he said on the Netflix special, claiming his advice was often ignored. “Maybe some things changed, not as much as I would like. Jillian never really showed any interest in my advice.”

Michaels, for her part, has clapped back at several docuseries allegations after not participating in the show. Scroll down to see what she has said about Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser:

Coffee Pill Receipts

“Dr. Huizenga did approve caffeine pills on many seasons of Biggest Loser,” Michaels claimed via Instagram on August 19, sharing email receipts from an exchange about the use of the pills with the show team at the time.

She further alleged that fellow trainer Bob Harper “not only knew about the caffeine pills the ‘stackers fat burner’ were actually his suggestion. I wanted to use my brand instead because they were cleaner and had no more than 200mg of caffeine (equivalent to a strong cup of coffee).”

Michaels claimed, “Caffeine was NEVER banned on The Biggest Loser,” as shown in the emails. “Wild how some folks still lie like it’s 1985 before texts and email were a thing,” she added.

Us Weekly previously reached out to Netflix for comment.

Millionaire Clapback

“In response to the claim in the documentary that I told a contestant at the show’s finale, ‘You’re going to make me a millionaire,’ I want to state unequivocally that this is false,” Michaels wrote via Instagram in a separate August 19 post. “The full moment was captured on camera, and both the contestant and I were wearing microphones. If such a comment had been made, it would exist on the audio record.”

She added: “Furthermore, two of the show’s executive producers, Mark Koops and Dave Broome, have each provided written statements in text messages to my business partner confirming that this exchange never occurred. For clarity, below are their texts verifying that no such comment was ever made.”

Michaels included screenshots of alleged texts that backed up her claims, one of which read, “Co-creator and executive producer, Dave Broome, said – ‘At no time did I ever hear any comment from Jillian about becoming a millionaire during the live finale.’”

Calorie Counting Claims

Michaels shared a series of emails from 2010 and 2013 via Instagram on August 19, which showed how she instructed her team to eat and workout — claiming she was fully transparent.

“With respect to the allegation that I restricted contestants from eating enough calories: I have an example of a direct written correspondence with a contestant, while she was home for the holidays during filming, in which I explicitly instructed her to consume 1,600 calories per day,” Michaels explained.

The email told the contestant to “eat 1600 [calories] tomorrow” and do “two hours light cardio only” while she was on holiday.

“Additionally, the two other emails posted here are standard communications with the show’s producers and medical staff,” Michaels continued. “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.”

The emails include a description of insufficient food in the house for one contestant and correspondence in which Michaels said she would remedy the situation.

Why She Left

During the docuseries, fans were reminded of Rachel Frederickson’s 155-pound weight loss that earned her the title of the Biggest Loser in 2014. When she won, some viewers worried that she was underweight and unhealthy.

Michaels, for her part, revealed via an August 19 Instagram post that she “never once” had the “opportunity to personally work” with Frederickson as a trainer. However, Michaels claimed, “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.”

She alleged, “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.”

No Docuseries Regrets

Michaels told Fox News on August 25 that she has “zero regrets about not doing it because I would have simply lent credibility to something that is an egregious lie.”

“To be totally honest with you, at the moment I’m choosing my battles because there are a lot to fight,” she said. “I will absolutely take on one of these. The question is, you can’t fight 10 Goliaths at the same time. So, I have to determine what I want my legacy to be and that is going to be a result of which fight I pick.”