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Shannan PontonTrainer from the Australian version of The largest loser. has weighed the Netflix controversial documentary which explores the dark side of the weight loss show.
Talking to “Rob & Kip with Corey Oates” Kiis FM On Wednesday, August 27, the reality TV alum said, 52, after watching Fit for TV: the reality of the largest loser. He felt that some of the former competitors who took part were trying to avoid liability.
“It was everything I thought it would be going to be. That’s exactly what I thought,” said Ponton. (Ponton trained the blue team on the Australian version of the franchise, similar to Every harper on US version.)
Ponton explained that he believed that former competitors were “probably looking for a way out (rather than) to take responsibility for where they are.”
The largest loser became a cultural phenomenon when he first performed in 2004 – but the show is plagued with scandals and debates as well. When NBC introduced the show, it followed a group of people who were considered overweight competing in a 30 -week competition. The aim was to lose as many pounds as possible (…)
However, the Fitness Guru admitted that he agreed with some of the points that the show’s former competitors raised in the documentary.
“With that said, I think weight loss in the world has changed a lot over the last 20 years,” he said. “And I think, you know, there is probably merit in some of the points that the former competitors had as long as they could have benefited a lot of psychology after the show or post-show help in that area.”
By The largest loser Having quickly caught fire to the potential health loss of health loss in a competition -based reality show, Ponton insisted he stands by the weight loss methods used in the series.
He told the radio show he was “disappointed, but not surprised” the former competitors who appeared in the documentary had regained their weight but insisted that “it is not a deficiency in the system” that occurred.
“The system and methods we provided to the competitors, to this day, I still believe in it,” he said, “I have never been told to do anything, I was never puppet anyone. Everything I did on the show, I did with the best intent and to try the best possible results for the competitors.”
Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels.
(Photo by Getty)Ponton also defended The largest loser Trainers shout at the competitors during their working sessions, an action that critics believe was designed to humiliate the competitors on television.
“I was a puppet, and everything I did with the pure heart and of course there are times when you become frustrated,” said Ponton.
He added, “Some of the things that came out in the documentary … I found what is fascinating where people said, ‘Oh, you just humiliate these people because they are fat. You make a show on them because they are fat,’ and it’s not.
Ponton also shared his thoughts on how the Australian version was different from the original American series. (Due to the success of the US version, the concept was enforced in the world. Harper and Jillian Michaels were coaches for the Australian version in season 1 when ended in 2006 before Ponton and Red Team Trainer Michelle Bridges have taken over in season 2 the following year.)
“I think well, we are clearly different and all to us. As far as caffeine tablets and things like that, we never had any input to the supplements or anything the competitors took, and that was all monitored by production and the medical team we had in action,” the personal trainer reflected, with reference to the Caffeine pill argument At the US show called out in the documentary.
He continued, “So I’m glad we can take a step back away from that. Other than that, you know, my nulls are my approaches. Bob has his, and Jillian obviously had her.”
