No surprise that Jillian Michaels is keeping it quite real when it comes to her feelings about the Netflix documentary Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser.
Accused of using questionable methods to help contestants on the NBC competition series drop hundreds of pounds in their quest to be named The Biggest Loser and gain cash prizes, the trainer weighed in on Instagram Aug. 19.
And she brought receipts.
Referencing “the allegation that I restricted contestants from eating enough calories,” she captioned a screenshot of an email sent to season 11 winner Olivia Ward, “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.”
As for the buzz that she plied her trainees with caffeine pills, she insisted the stimulant “was NEVER banned on The Biggest Loser.” What’s more, she added, fellow trainer Bob Harper—who participated in the three-episode docuseries—not only knew about the pills, he suggested them.