Big news is coming soon for Saturday Night Live, executive producer Lorne Michaels revealed Friday. “It’ll be announced in a week or so,” Michaels told Puck’s Matt Belloni of the “shake-up” he has planned for the 51st season. Michaels was adamant that he wanted to keep the core cast together through the show’s seminal 50th season, so this season he …
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Jillian Michaels pushes back on claims made against her in Netflix’s ‘Biggest Loser’ docuseries
Jillian Michaels is pushing back against claims made about her in Netflix’s newly released docuseries, Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser, which began streaming on Aug. 15. The series delves into the history of the NBC reality show, The Biggest Loser, which the fitness trainer co-hosted for 12 seasons. Among the claims made in the docuseries is …
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Former The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels has responded to claims made by co-hosts and other accusers in a new Netflix docuseries, Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser. In a series of Instagram posts, Michaels refutes claims by former cohost Bob Harper and Dr. Robert Huizenga, a sports doctor who worked with series contestants, made against her. …
Read More »Jillian Michaels Lashes Out Over ‘Biggest Loser’ Netflix Series Allegations
A former coach on “The Biggest Loser” is swatting back after a Netflix docuseries about the wildly popular 2000s-era weight loss show portrayed her in a less-than-flattering light. In a flood of Instagram posts Tuesday, Jillian Michaels posted screenshots of emails and texts between her, former co-host Bob Harper, the show’s medical consultant Dr. Robert Huizenga, and producers on the …
Read More »‘Biggest Loser’ David Fioravanti Says Jillian Michaels Never Gave Him Caffeine Pills
‘Biggest Loser’ David Fioravanti Jillian Michaels & I Didn’t Get Along … But She Never Gave My Season Caffeine Pills!!! Published August 20, 2025 1:00 AM PDT Play video content TMZ.com Jillian Michaels didn’t get along with every contestant on “The Biggest Loser” … but, that doesn’t mean she was handing out caffeine pills like a new documentary suggests — …
Read More »Jillian Michaels blasts Netflix’s ‘Biggest Loser’ docuseries, threatens legal action
Key Points Former The Biggest Loser cohost Jillian Michaels is responding to accusations included in a new Netflix docuseries, Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser. The series includes comments by former cohost Bob Harper and medical consultant Dr. Robert Huizenga alleging several ethical breaches concerning Michaels. Michaels said she was meeting with Justin Baldoni lawyer Bryan Freedman …
Read More »Jillian Michaels May Sue Over ‘Biggest Loser’ Documentary as She Hits Back at Claims Against Her
Jillian Michaels noticeably did not take part in Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser, a Netflix docuseries that pulled back the curtain on what went down on the weight loss show that aired from 2004 to 2020. Michaels served as a trainer on the series for 12 seasons and found herself embroiled in controversy when she was accused …
Read More »Jillian Michaels Slams ‘Biggest Loser’ Documentary—Reportedly May Sue
Topline Jillian Michaels, a former trainer on the NBC reality show “The Biggest Loser,” told TMZ she may sue over a new Netflix docuseries highlighting what former contestants say was cruel treatment, specifically refuting an allegation that trainers on the show broke rules by giving contestants caffeine supplements to lose weight, since she claimed that was never actually one of …
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