Rosie O'Donnell criticizes Jay Leno for 'Greatest Loser' contestant habits

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Rosie O'Donnell is slamming Jay Leno over his previous habits towards a contestant on "The Greatest Loser."

On Tuesday, the 63-year-old comic and actress took to Instagram to vent her frustration after watching the brand new Netflix docuseries, "Match for TV: The Actuality of the Greatest Loser."

In a single put up, O'Donnell known as out the 75-year-old former speak present host for his therapy of season eight competitor Tracey Yukich when she made an look on "The Tonight Present with Jay Leno" in 2009.

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Rosie O'Donnell slammed Jay Leno over his previous therapy of a contestant on "The Greatest Loser." (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Photos; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Photos)

"jay leno is a imply a--hole #biggestloserdocumentary," O'Donnell wrote within the caption of her put up, which featured screenshots from each the docuseries and "The Tonight Present."

The docuseries included an archival clip from Yukich's look on Leno's present, throughout which Leno learn scathing feedback and demise threats directed at her that "The Greatest Loser" followers had submitted to the present through electronic mail.

In a single remark, a viewer described Yukich as "simply pure evil." Leno learn an electronic mail from one other fan, who wrote, "I'd not step on the brake if I noticed you cross the road. I need to speed up."

"She needs to kill you, however she will not use a swear phrase," Leno instructed her.

Yukich appeared on "The Tonight Present" in 2009. (Stacie McChesney/NBCU Photograph Financial institution)

In an interview that was included in episode three of the docuseries, Yukich cried as she recalled the expertise.

"These are emails that individuals really despatched to the present," she mentioned. "It was so dangerous. I used to be like, wow. My emotions had been so harm. They had been. I did not know that I used to be a villain till the present aired."

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Yukich is pictured originally of season eight on the truth TV present. (Trae Patton/NBCU Photograph Financial institution/NBCUniversal through Getty Photos)

O'Donnell additionally blasted "The Greatest Loser" coach Bob Harper in one other put up on Tuesday, writing, "okay now bob harper - can u not say IM SORRY - seriously- so hurtful- so merciless - come on bob - #biggestLOSERdoc @netflixuk." Within the put up, she included screenshots from the docuseries that includes Harper and season 7 contestant Joelle Gwynn.

Fox Information Digital has reached out to representatives for Leno and Harper for remark.

Throughout an interview on "Match for TV," Harper defended his habits in the direction of the contestants.

"At all times keep in mind we had been making an attempt to make an entertaining present," he mentioned. "What’s extra necessary for weight reduction? Everyone knows it’s weight loss plan, however that turns into boring tv."

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Trainers Jillian Michaels, proper, and Bob Harper clown round earlier than the taping of a weigh-in for the present "The Greatest Loser," October 14, 2010. (Todd Feeback/Kansas Metropolis Star/Tribune Information Service through Getty Photos)

"You already know what’s not boring tv? To see us in a health club yelling, screaming... and producers beloved that s---. They had been like, ‘We would like them to puke! We would like the insanity of all of it!’" Harper added.

Harper admitted that he regretted some interactions with the rivals, together with a second during which he yelled at Gwynn.

Nevertheless, he mentioned that he "will stand behind all the things that I’ve ever accomplished on that present" and likewise indicated that he "would by no means put anybody in hurt’s approach."

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"The Greatest Loser" ran for 18 seasons from 2004 to 2020. The present adopted teams of people that competed to drop some pounds over a 30-week interval for a money prize, with the winner being topped "the most important loser."

Harper, proven with a contestant, was a coach on "The Greatest Loser" earlier than changing into host. (Justin Lubin/NBCU Photograph Financial institution/NBCUniversal through Getty Photos)

In keeping with a plot synopsis from Netflix, the three-part docuseries featured interviews with "former contestants, a longtime host, and producers about what went on behind the scenes all through the 18 seasons, reflecting on the success of the present and its lasting influence."

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"Those that participated on ‘The Greatest Loser’ additionally disclose the extremes they had been guided to take with a view to drop some pounds and the consequences they’ve lived with since then — from disordered consuming to psychological well being points," the logline added.