Jillian Michaels tweeted today that she’s been hurt by mommy bloggers – not the media.
Michael Everitt (@evilryu29) sent Jillian a tweet saying, “tell the press to piss off,” and Jillian responded with:
The issue arose after the famous coach told Women’s World magazine she didn’t plan on ever getting pregnant. She said:
“I’m going to adopt. I can’t handle doing that to my body.”
Turns out those are fighting words and many women took to their blogs and Twitter accounts to express their disappointment and anger with Jillian’s comments about pregnancy. Among them is Mrs. Jefferson of The Young Mommy Life who wrote:
“You, Jillian Michaels, have helped me get over my fear that pregnancy permanently “damaged” my body and you told me that I can be toned and lean and sexy if I just get off the couch and pop in a few of your DVDs each week. But then you say that YOU will not be getting pregnant because you don’t want to do THAT to your body. I rarely swear on this blog, but WTF?”
The trainer has since backpeddled a bit and tried to clarify her remarks on her Facebook page:
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She’s totally entitled to her feelings on that issue but boy is that a bad choice of words considering her [former?] fan base.
I agree.. sheesh if you are going to be totally public about your ‘choice’… then um.. ya probably better be prepared for the response from the fans you just hurt in the first place? To respond that bloggers broke your heart.. oh BROTHER!
You gotta be careful what you say.
I think it was a poor choice of words and her back peddling is only a cover up. I think she realized how much she messed up and the potential fans/customers she will lose by saying this. It’s like a slap in the face: here I will help you get fit after kids, but I’m not going to end up like that. Seriously?! Of course, she is entitled to her own opinion but to degrade your fans by saying “I will never do THAT to my body”. I’ll find someone who isn’t afraid to be where I’ve been to help me get where I want to be. Hope some fans stay to true to you, Jillian cause you’ve just lost one.
I fully support Jillian. The comments I’ve read on the Mom Boards (which I tweeted to Jillian about) (not really from Mom Bloggers) I frequent were very harsh & insensitive. Her body is her business, so it’s her choice. Who are any of us to judge her, especially as she said when we don’t know ALL the reasons that went into her decision. None of us are perfect so why should she be any different & why should she be expected to say exactly the right things in every one’s opinions – It’s just not reasonable or fair.
I don’t see her back peddling, but further explaining her comments for those that didn’t actually read the article and went solely from blogs that started misquoting her and twisting her statements.
She shouldn’t have to explain anyway, and power to her for giving some reasons when she didn’t have to AND still keeping others reasons private.
Sadly, our society (mostly women) still feel compelled to vilify any woman that doesn’t want to bare children – no matter what their PERSONAL reason is.
Just my 2.5 cents worth.
It’s her body and her choice and she’s right, we don’t know her fully and she may have reasons other than body image reasons for not wanting to bear children. Pregnancy is different for everyone, emotionally and physically. I can’t imagine being in the spotlight and having everything I say picked apart and analyzed …yikes!
I could have cared less about whether Jillian thought pregnancy would “ruin” her body. Big deal. What really appalled me about her commentary was that she considers adoption “rescuing something.” As an adopted person I was disgusted by her ignorance. If she wants to rescue something, let her rescue a dog. Until she understands that a child is a child is a child and that adopting to parent means wanting to become a parent, not a saint, she’s not ready to be a mother.
Well – I just can’t get too much in a dither about someone else’s personal decisions. I mean good grief — we all have differing opinions and choices! I try very hard to refrain from judging other people.
Having said that, I can understand why some people are upset considering they looked to her for support and inspiration.
Hopefully everyone will just stop and offer one another grace. Yes, considering her position perhaps she should have kept those words to herself, but she was just being honest.
I am sure in the future she will guard her words more cautiously. Which is also kind of sad.
I am disappointed in mothers for criticizing Jillian Michaels. Why would it bother you if she felt this way?
Jillian didn’t say that pregnancy ruins a woman’s body (clearly a myth anyway). She didn’t say that it ruined your body. She simply said that she didn’t wish to do that to her body.
I am a mom and a mommy blogger, and I honor other people’s rights to have their own thoughts and opinions. Mothers who criticize other women are generally unhappy with their own decisions at some level.
Best wishes, Jillian!
I find it pretty disgusting to hear a woman say that birth would ruin her body. Mine’s better than it ever was before, and my husband will tell anyone who listens.
It does concern me that she’d pass some serious body image issues onto her child AND her fan base. I’m pretty tired of people in the media saying that birth wrecks a woman. It sounds like she’s got personal issues and I feel bad for her for that.
I think she’s got a perfect right to determine what to do with her own body and to disclose as much or little about that as she likes. She’s not telling other women to get pregnant or not, so why should it bother other bloggers? Oh, right, some mommybloggers like to get their panties in a big twist and gossip and backbite every chance they get. Or else interpret any different idea as an attack on their own personal choices.
I agree that it would be better not to think of adoption as “rescuing” someone, but unfortunately that attitude is widespread in our society and needs to be tackled much more widely.
I fully respect Jillian’s choice not to get pregnant, because it is her choice. Just because someone is female does not mean they have to get pregnant and have babies. I am thrilled that she is one of the ones who want to adopt. There are to many babies already in this world that need someone to hold them and love them as their very own, and not everybody can, or should, adopt.Bottom line it is her body and she should do what she feels is best for her and her life situation.