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The Biggest Loser: Legal Documents Confirm Show’s Cancellation!

The Biggest Loser was a show that helped contestants lose weight through various exercises and a healthier diet.  However, the show has been inundated with scandal allegations over the course of its seventeen season run, but one of those sticks out more than others and has resulted in the series’ cancellation.  We recently reported that multiple media reports claimed the show is over after it emerged that contestants were apparently urged to take diet pills and Adderall .  Various former contestants have come forward to allege that Dr. Huizenga and trainer Bob Harper were the ones orchestrating all of the drama in the hopes of the contestants losing more weight.  Former contestant, Joelle Gwynn turned to the New York Post last year to reveal that she was told to participate in dangerous exercises and pop pills.  Adderall is a drug used to treat ADHD, but it’s also a very well known appetite suppressant. So, the contestants were allegedly eating less than they should have been.  Gwynn told the newspaper last year: “People chastise Bill Cosby for allegedly offering meds to women, but it’s acceptable to do to fat people to make them lose weight.” “I feel like we got raped, too.” When the report emerged, Dr. Huizenga clapped back at Gwynn with a lawsuit he filed against her. He is claiming that Gwynn’s story is “fabricated, fictitious and outright libelous.” He said that he only promotes “safe and effective weight loss methods.” “Ms. Gwynn’s outrageous accusations, which resulted in the cancellation of ‘The Biggest Loser’ and Dr. Huizenga losing two other opportunities on television, are particularly egregious given Dr. Huizenga’s strict life-long anti-drug beliefs and strict anti-drug policy on ‘The Biggest Loser,’ where he did not even permit contestants to take legal, over-the-counter caffeine pills or drink more than one cup of coffee, much less illegal drugs,” the court papers state. It’s not uncommon for reality TV shows to be hit with claims of things being manipulated, and if this is the case, the show will likely never return to the air again.  Earlier this year, six former contestants took to The Big Fat Truth to discuss the fact that they gained all of their weight back after they left the show.  View Slideshow: 27 Scandals That Rocked Reality TV Is there a chance they were more disciplined while in front of the cameras, or could the above claims have anything to do with it? We don’t know for sure, but we do know for sure that the series will not be airing on NBC again. 

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19 Shocking Reality TV Scandals NO ONE Saw Coming (Well, Probably)

Reality TV and controversial, OMG moments go hand in hand. They’re the primary reason you watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta online (for example). In the early days, though, such moments weren’t nearly as common or explosive. The Real World has nothing on some of the scandals of modern times. Lately, it seems like we’re dealt one jaw-dropping reveal, moment or conflict after another. So many it’s almost become a struggle to keep up with them all. That said, here are 19 of the biggest reality TV scandals of all time: 19 Scandals That Rocked Reality TV 1. TLC Cancels Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Give the network credit. It pulled the plug as soon as rumors spread of June Shannon dating her daughter’s former molester. EWWWWW! Not all shockers take place with the cameras rolling, of course. Jon and Kate Gosselin imploded off camera, while TLC just canceled Here Comes Honey Boo Boo because of June Shannon dating a child molester. That never made it to air … and the show likely never would have if producers had known the tawdry extent of the Georgia matriarch’s past relationships. Bottom line? Don’t expect an end to the madness anytime soon. Despite what its title implies, you don’t watch Bad Girls Club : Redemption for the actual redemption, but for the bad girls clubbing each other. Just saying. As long as producers and network executives believe that scandals equal ratings, awful behavior will continue to be the norm, rather than the exception. Even if they don’t create drama on camera, the types of personalities likely to land shows in a more and more absurd TV landscape are likely loose cannons. See now- canceled Sons of Guns and other examples. This is just how it is these days. Some lament the state of TV for this reason, but there’s clearly an audience for it, and it appears to be growing if anything. Click through and see which you would rank #1!

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