Celeb trainer Jillian Michaels is on the cover of the July issue of Redbook and she’s looking pretty damn hot.
Though, for someone with such a good body and strong workout regimen, it’s hard to imagine she was once a chubster.
But Jillian opens up in her latest interview and reveals:
“Oh, my God, it was pure hell. I spent all of eighth grade in my classroom because God forbid I ever left. I was terrorized. And karate saved my life. It all stopped the day I broke two boards with a kick.”
And it seems weight wasn’t the only problem Jillian dealt with. She also had some major night terrors as a child and needed therapy. She reveals:
“I was a really disturbed kid. You know how kids have night terrors? Mine were really bad. I thought sharks were coming out of the drain in the bathtub. I couldn’t sleep at night, every night, waiting for aliens to come. I’m not kidding you: I. Was. Traumatized. And mom got me into therapy.”
And as for the biggest misconception about her now, Jillian says:
“That I’m a bitch. I really don’t have a mean bone in my body! Do you know how easy it would be to tell people what they want to hear? It would be heaven! But, unfortunately, it doesn’t get the job done.”
We kind of like watching the bitchy side of her.