Fitness professional and former The Biggest Loser coach Michelle Bridges went head-to-head with a number of physique positivity specialists in a phase that aired on Wednesday’s episode of The Project.
And in a single tense second, activist April Helene-Horton advised Bridges she’d been uncertain whether or not she ought to even seem in the identical TV phase as her, given the “traumatic” presence The Biggest Loser had had in her life.
Ten’s native spin-off of the favored US present debuted on screens in 2006, operating for 11 seasons. Bridges appeared as one among a number of tough-talking trainers all through its run, motivating obese contestants to intensively weight loss program and train in a contest to lose essentially the most weight within the quickest time – for a giant money prize.
Wednesday’s Sarah Harris-helmed phase noticed Bridges sit down with a number of physique positivity activists to debate what it means to be wholesome.
Bridges and the previous TV present had been put within the highlight when Harris requested Helene-Horton who was responsible “for the idea that larger bodies are bad”.
She listed “mainstream media, fashion, doctors who don‘t want to see fat patients, social media” among the many predominant culprits.
“Would you put the fitness industry in that same category?” Bridges requested.
“Yeah I would. And I’ll be really honest and say, I was somewhat nervous coming here today to see you, because I would genuinely say that the show The Biggest Loser was one of the most traumatic things that ever happened to me,” Helene-Horton replied.
“Yeah, I hear you. I absolutely hear you. Going on a show like that back in the day, I really had to dig deep and question my morals about why I’m in the health and fitness industry,” mentioned Bridges.
Helene-Horton mentioned that, having spoken to Bridges, she’d quickly realised they’d some issues in frequent.
“You, like me, are somebody who struggled against the idea that you need to be perfect. But the edit [on The Biggest Loser] still made me feel like someone who had the same values as you … would make me feel shame.”
Bridges mentioned that The Biggest Loser, which was cancelled after a 2017 rebooted season failed to draw viewers, wouldn’t “work” in the present day.
“When I look back on it, 17 years ago, it was a totally a different culture back then. I don’t think that show would work today. In fact, I know it wouldn’t,” she mentioned.
Bridges completed up with The Biggest Loser in 2015 – and courted controversy the next 12 months when she defended the present towards criticism in an episode of Australian Story.
“[The Biggest Loser] has all sorts of critics who say, ‘You’re putting these people up to be insulted or laughed at or made the butt of a joke,” she advised the ABC present.
“I think it might be seen that I have this agenda on people who are overweight or people who are deemed fat. Honestly if you are happy where you are, genuinely, more power to you,” she continued, earlier than uttering the road that noticed her hit with a giant backlash on the time: “But I can tell you now, I am yet to have met someone who is morbidly obese and happy.”
Originally printed as Michelle Bridges confronted over The Biggest Loser on The Project
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
