Rosie O’Donnell has some selection phrases for former late night time host Jay Leno after watching Netflix’s documentary Match for TV: The Actuality of the Largest Loser.
“Jay Leno is a imply a**gap #biggestloserdocumentary,” O’Donnell, 63, captioned an Instagram put up on Tuesday, August 19, sharing a photograph of former Largest Loser contestant Tracey Yukich from the newly launched collection.
O’Donnell was seemingly referring to the a part of the documentary the place Yukich was proven on The Tonight Present With Jay Leno after her look on The Largest Loser season 8 in 2009. Leno, now 75, learn loss of life threats Yukich had acquired stay on the present.
Us Weekly has reached out to Leno’s crew for remark.
Match for TV: The Actuality of the Largest Loser has been making headlines because it premiered by way of Netflix on Friday, August 15. Former contestants sat down for the three-part documentary and detailed their alleged adverse experiences on The Largest Loser.
The Largest Loser aired on NBC for 17 seasons from 2004 to 2016. The present returned for one remaining season in 2020, which aired on the USA Community.
Except for her expertise on The Tonight Present, Yukich additionally claimed that she practically “died” after her first Largest Loser problem, which required her to run a mile on the seashore.
“In my head, I’m like, ‘I can run, I’ve received 4 youngsters,’” she stated. “‘I’m operating after them on a regular basis.’ However it was the longest mile ever.”
Following the problem, Yukich skilled a medical emergency.
“I don’t bear in mind lots,” she added. “I bear in mind listening to the helicopter. I simply felt like I used to be floating. After which my grandpa was there. After which I noticed darkness. However then I noticed gentle. So I knew, I knew I died that day.”
The Largest Loser grew to become a cultural phenomenon when it premiered in 2004 — however the present has been plagued with scandals and controversy as nicely. When NBC launched the present, it adopted a bunch of individuals deemed obese who would compete in a 30-week competitors. The purpose was to lose as many kilos as doable […]
Yukich claimed her physique began to “shut down.” She was later identified with rhabdomyolysis, a uncommon and life-threatening situation the place the muscle tissue begin to break down after extreme train, per the Cleveland Clinic.
“It began with my liver, then it was in my kidneys after which it goes to your coronary heart,” she recalled. “And that’s the place I nearly died.”
The present’s physician Robert Huizenga recalled conversations about sending Yukich dwelling after the expertise, however she was “actually offended” about the potential for leaving.
“I felt like my weight and all the things about it was one thing that continually was bringing me down,” Yukich stated. “I needed to vary my life, and I do really feel like at the moment that it was, like, my solely hope.”
Yukich began the collection at 250 kilos and ended weighing 132 kilos.
