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The Chris Cuomo Project

Jillian Michaels, Fitness Icon, Talks Trans Athletes and Fairness in Sports

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Chris Cuomo Project, Chris interviews fitness guru Jillian Michaels. Known for her role on 'The Biggest Loser' and her outspoken views on health and fitness, Jillian shares her controversial stance on transgender women competing in women's sports. In this candid and thought-provoking conversation, she dives into the contentious topics of fairness, inclusion, and the impact on female athletes. Explore her reasons for speaking out, the scientific data behind her arguments, and the personal and professional risks she's taking. Don't miss this eye-opening discussion. Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jillian Michaels, beautiful, fit, the biggest loser, right, made it part of our culture.

0:07.0

Keeping it real, the podcast, all of these interesting conversations.

0:12.0

But guess what? There is now a new big bullet

0:16.6

point on her resume. She is taking on the fairness of transgender women athletes competing against non-transgender women athletes.

0:30.0

Oh boy, this could wind up being the worst thing that Jillian has ever thought of

0:38.2

doing. Why would she do this? Why would somebody who is so dependent or has been on Hollywood culture,

0:48.5

on big media culture, why would she take on a sacred cow like trans rights?

0:55.0

She's going to be called transphobic.

0:58.0

She's going to be seen as advancing the agenda of the far right culture warriors.

1:04.3

And yet, she is all in.

1:08.0

What does that tell you?

1:09.6

Well, one of two things.

1:11.5

Either Jillian is Kuku, or she knows something

1:17.8

that her opponents do not.

1:21.0

I wanted to figure out what it was.

1:23.0

Somebody was such a strong brand.

1:25.2

Everybody likes Jillian Michaels, right?

1:27.0

The worst thing she had going for

1:28.6

was that she would actually call out fat people for being fat.

1:31.6

But now, she is going into very dangerous territory and

1:35.6

she hits me with a really good point. Why is it so dangerous? Is it dangerous for

1:41.3

the right reasons? Wow, a little bit of a truth bomb, and this conversation is full of them.

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