Jillian Michaels is one of the core tenets of the popular NBC reality competition The Biggest Loser to receive renewed attention thanks to the Netflix documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser . The 51-year-old personal trainer first came to nationwide prominence thanks to her starring turn as one of the trainers on the show, which immediately became a ratings juggernaut and a part of the American reality TV phenomenon despite now being viewed as one of the more controversial outputs from that era of TV.

The show has since been criticized consistently for its negative portrayal of body positivity, pushing its contestants past the point of healthy fitness, and now per the Netflix docuseries, shady dealings when it comes to being pressured into signing contracts an

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