Overview
- In a Women’s Health cover interview published October 14, Michaels says she has data supporting her view that the show’s methods were not medically unhealthy.
- Michaels did not participate in Netflix’s Fit for TV docuseries and has rejected its portrayal as false, previously calling it an egregious lie and signaling she may pursue selective legal action.
- The docuseries features contestants, producers, Bob Harper, and medical adviser Robert Huizenga, with claims of severe calorie limits and caffeine pill use that Huizenga says prompted clashes with trainers.
- After the series premiered, Michaels posted texts and emails she says rebut specific claims, including a 1,600‑calorie guidance to a contestant, and she consulted attorney Bryan Freedman.
- She also said she was deeply disturbed by Rachel Frederickson’s dramatic 2013 finale weight loss and reiterated broader critiques of body-positivity messaging and GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.