The Biggest Loser became a cultural phenomenon when it premiered in 2004 — but the show has been plagued with scandals and controversy as well. Despite working together on The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper‘s offscreen friendship was quite different — but where do they stand now?

Suzanne Mendonca, a contestant from season 2 of the show, appeared on episode 3 of Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser. She shared that casting directors asked her to gain more weight before coming to the show, and she listened to them. She quit her diet and started eating more food.

In an Aug. 19 Instagram post, she called out fellow TV icon Jay Leno for a mean-spirited 2009 segment from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," which was revisited in the new Netflix docuseries " Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser ."

Frederickson did end up gaining back 20 pounds within a couple months of the finale. She told Us Weekly in April 2014 that she felt 125 pounds was her “perfect weight.” She also insisted that she’d lost weight “so naturally” on “The Biggest Loser.”

Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser was released on Netflix on August 15, 2025. It saw the contestants of the popular reality show, The Biggest Loser, ousting the problematic ways the show had them lose weight. It also featured the host of the show, Bob Harper, who condoned some of the show's ways while criticizing the others.

Witness the explosive confrontation as a Black ‘Biggest Loser’ contestant takes on celebrity coach in a profanity-laced showdown. 💥