Biggest Loser star turned MAGA influencer Jillian Michaels has taken her war of words with CNN host Abby Phillip off-camera.
Michaels, a fitness trainer and health expert, caused outrage last week during a confrontational appearance on Newsnight, hosted by Phillip, for appearing to downplay the seriousness and impact of slavery in America.
Michaels suggested slavery cannot be blamed on white people given that “two percent of White Americans owned slaves” in the United States and slavery has “existed for thousands of years” around the world.
Phillip, who confronted Michaels during the Aug. 13 broadcast of Newsnight in what was meant to be a discussion about President Donald Trump’s takeover of cultural institutions like the Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian, further condemned Michaels’