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Amy & T.J.

“Fit For TV”: Nobody Won On The Biggest Loser

Amy & T.J.

iHeartPodcasts

News, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.33K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It was a show so many of us loved, watching and cheering contestants on as they lost hundreds of pounds… but behind the scenes, and once the cameras stopped rolling, it was a much different story. Amy and T.J. discuss the Netflix series on the realities behind the once popular reality show and why one of its main stars, Jillian Michaels is now considering taking legal action.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:06.1

Hey there, folks.

0:07.2

It is the Netflix documentary.

0:11.1

Folks just can't seem to stop talking about.

0:14.2

And yes, everybody seems to be talking about it.

0:16.4

And so are we now.

0:18.5

Because that hit TV show, biggest loser.

0:22.2

What was happening behind the scenes is quite frankly shocking and sad.

0:27.7

Welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Rose, we all remember the show.

0:31.7

You said you were absolutely a huge fan of this show.

0:35.7

Do you remember what your impressions of were of it then before you

0:39.9

ever saw this documentary? Yes. So when, I mean, I loved this show because it was watching

0:47.3

people push past their fears and make a change for the better, or at least that's what it felt like.

0:57.8

You watched people getting healthy. Now, yes, there was some extreme conditions where you

1:03.5

had trainers getting tough with these, I guess they were contestants, but people who were fighting for their health,

1:12.6

fighting for their life. It wasn't just about what they looked like, but they were actually

1:17.5

fighting to live longer and to live better. And so it was exciting to me to watch because you

1:24.6

were watching people, at least I thought I was watching people improve their lives, make better choices, learn how to work.

1:31.3

Not that they didn't know how to work hard, but putting themselves in a position where they were putting in the work and getting the results.

1:38.9

And that felt satisfactory.

1:40.3

Wait, but you're talking about the show as an inspiration, which parts of it can be.

1:44.1

But this is also a show that put on and clearly and admittedly we're making fun of overweight people, putting them in positions to be scarfing down food, to be committing, to be playing little games in which they're having to carry food in their mouths or do all kinds

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