Jillian Micheals’s political turn from proud liberal to defining MAHA voice

September 14, 2025

Jillian Michaels, a fitness trainer who became famous on “The Biggest Loser,” was once a proud liberal who responded to Donald Trump’s first election by posting a mournful picture of her children online. Now, she’s becoming a defining voice of the Make America Healthy Again movement.

Jillian Michaels sits on the arm of a leather chair with one leg on the ground and the other resting on something off camera. She is wearing a tie, striped collared shirt and blue jeans.

Rose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

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A man wearing a bucket hat, a gray T-shirt and green shorts standing at the edge of a sandy strip of land that is marked on either side by turquoise poles. He has one hand resting on a pole and behind him are multistory beach houses.

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