In January 2015, the New York Post published an article detailing some of the experiences Hibbard had on The Biggest Loser along with the support of unnamed anonymous fellow contestants. Hibbard referred to The Biggest Loser as an "unhealthy fat shaming sh*t show" in a January 2015 Redbook interview and producers of the show fired back in January 2015 in People magazine and on E! News Daily. In that same month of 2015 Us Weekly featured a profile detailing the health ramifications participation in The Biggest Loser had on Hibbard's physical health (though they got details like weight loss totals wrong) along with a piece in the Boston Herald on the topic.
