Jillian Michaels, 52, Likens Political Shift to 'Matrix' Awakening as She Warns 'It Comes for Everyone'
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Jillian Michaels, 52, Likens Political Shift to 'Matrix' Awakening as She Warns 'It Comes for Everyone'
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 18
Summary
Jillian Michaels said on Dave Rubin’s podcast that leaving the political left felt like "Neo in The Matrix," describing a gradual break with beliefs she once tied to empathy and truth.
COVID, media coverage and cultural debates over health and obesity drove that shift, she said, adding that marrying a conservative challenged her views early in their relationship.
California also shaped her outlook: Michaels, who moved her family to Wyoming in 2021, said she worries constantly about her 2 children and cited races involving Nithya Raman and Javier Becerra.
The 52-year-old fitness personality argued liberals are taught to see the right as evil and said people on the left often change only when "it comes for them."
She ended on a broader warning about algorithms and polarization, urging people to diversify their media diet and keep seeing "the humanity in each other."