Jillian Michaels Continues Her Obnoxious Slavery Remarks, Targets Abby Phillip While Involving Megyn Kelly

The widely-discussed roundtable on CNN's “News Night with Abby Phillip” featuring fitness expert Jillian Michaels continues to spark online debates and critique. Michaels, previously a star on “The Biggest Loser,” appeared on the show earlier this month to discuss potential federal alterations to national museums and cultural institutions, including the Smithsonian and Kennedy Center, to align with Donald Trump's interpretation of America. She asserted that Trump is not “whitewashing slavery” and criticized that museums wrongly connect imperialism and racism exclusively to one ethnicity. Trump had recently criticized Smithsonian museums for overemphasizing the negative aspects of slavery. Michaels introduced a controversial statistic claiming “only two percent of white Americans owned slaves.” Phillip rebutted, emphasizing that even individuals who did not own slaves benefitted from the systemic structures supporting slavery. Since the broadcast, Michaels has been defending her statements on social media, while Phillip continues to contest her claims, drawing attention and backlash from both supporters and detractors alike. (Photo: X/Acyn)