Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels pushed back Monday after New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali accused her of being a “white nationalist.”
At least 15 people were killed Sunday when two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where hundreds gathered for an event known as Chanukah by the Sea, according to officials and media reports. During a discussion on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Ali criticized Michaels’ comments about Islamic extremism, saying that her arguments were outdated, and then he went further, flatly calling Michaels a white nationalist.
“What I’m trying to say is that when people are labeled Islamophobic, I think what they’re often reacting to is an ideology that is not aligned with the West, not the vast majority of Muslims. Even if it’s, say, 10 percent, that is still a large number of people, and those are statistics,” Michaels said.
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“Individuals who were radicalized, we don’t know how, and saw Jews as the target through their dehumanization. There are 1.7 billion Muslim people on earth. Jillian’s talking points are from 2001, which is why I yawned. The DeLorean right now is in 2025,” Ali said. “Jillian, I know you’re discovering this. Congratulations. Let me just finish. I let you say a lot of hateful, stupid, reckless things. Jillian. You are a white nationalist. By your own admission. That’s what you are, a white nationalist. You admitted it.”
Michaels immediately cut in, dismantling the accusation with a personal fact Ali appeared unprepared for.
“You know I’m Arab, right? I’m Syrian and Lebanese, and Turkish. When did I say I was a white nationalist?” Michaels asked.
“OK, wasn’t there a clip of you saying you were a white nationalist? Oh, you’re not a white nationalist?” Ali asked.
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After Michaels denied the accusation, Ali backtracked.
“Interesting to know. All right. I’m under the mistaken impression. I thought you were a white nationalist. I’m glad you’re not,” Ali said.
Michaels’ paternal grandparents were of Syrian and Lebanese origin, while her maternal grandfather was the son of Italian immigrants, according to IMDB. Her maternal grandmother was born in Salford, England, to a Russian Jewish father and an Austrian Jewish mother. There are no credible articles, profiles, or documented write-ups showing that Michaels is a white nationalist.
Leftist writer Ali, who frequently writes about the Muslim American experience, identity, and social justice, is a Daily Beast columnist and former New York Times op-ed contributor whose work often focuses on Islamophobia, race, immigration, and cultural inclusion.
Earlier this month, Ali launched a racially charged rant telling white Americans that “brown people” were “breeding,” responding to President Donald Trump’s pledge to end “third world migration.”
“The mistake that you made is you let us in in the first place. That’s because brown people, and I am going to say this as a brown person, there’s a lot of us, like a lot. There’s like 1.2 billion in India. There’s more than 200 million in Pakistan. There’s like 170 million in Bangladesh. Those are just the people over there,” Ali said.
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I am tired of these “ I am holy”
A$$holes who talk down to anyone pointing out the war that Islam has pushed against Western civilization! Any time a Christian does anything, the whole Christian nation is blamed, but let a hundred Muslims blow themselves up and it’s just a lone wolf nothing to see here lies!
Islam is not a friend of any nation that doesn’t agree with its twelfth century ideology! Islam is a vicious, subjugating, cult that is out to take over the world, through lies, or violence!
Our country is under attack from outside and from within. As soon as one Muslim enters your country the invasion has started and will not stop until it is conquered!
Look around in Europe and see the future of the USA! France has sections that the Muslims run with their laws. Potato sacks are everywhere. They are sucking the system dry as they scream Islamophobia! Sweden, Germany, Italy, the Uk, and more are now well on the way to being Muslim nations because of weak leaders.
You need only to look at Dearborn Michigan, Omar, and they’re trying to build a Muslim city in Texas, to see we are losing the right to live free from this cult. They are in our federal, state and local governments. The democrats push their cause , because the enemy, of my enemy, is my friend. They both hate western civilization.
We are losing our country! Congress is useless and blind and afraid of political correctness to stop this takeover. We need to deport all Muslims before it’s to late!
The vast majority of immigrants world wide are Muslim, and if you notice, they don’t seek asylum in other Muslim countries, just non- Muslim ones. Why is that? Think about it!
Lastly, when Muslims are the minority in non – Muslim countries, they cry minority rights and the victim card. When they are the majority, there are no minority rights but plenty of infidel victims.
We are at war people!