‘How Many Need To Die?’: Jillian Michaels Rips ‘Horrendously’ Mismanaged Leadership Over California Wildfires

Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels appeared on Fox Business Friday and ripped into California’s state and local officials for their “horrendously” mismanaged leadership during the Los Angeles County fires.

Michaels asked how many people “need to die” for change to occur.

Wildfires raged throughout Los Angeles County, hitting the Southern California coastal town of Pacific Palisades as well as Altadena and Pasadena. Within the first few days of the disaster, residents quickly called out the state’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Residents said Newsom and Bass showed poor leadership and weren’t prepared for the crisis.

On “The Evening Edit,” host Elizabeth MacDonald asked Michaels, who previously lived in Malibu, about how she reacted to the fires. The fitness trainer explained how long it took for emergency crews to respond when the fire first broke out.

“To be fair, I’m equally shocked, but more so outraged, almost to the point of being at a loss for words. The reaction time was not seven minutes. It was actually around 45 minutes. I happened to be exactly where the fire broke out on Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway, working out at the new Equinox there while visiting my mother in California,” Michaels said. “I was at that gym for 30 minutes, and no one showed up while the fire was burning.”

“Now it’s coming out that it was roughly 45 minutes before anyone arrived on the scene. This is the tip of the iceberg when you start to break down how horrendously this has been mismanaged from top to bottom,” Michaels added.

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Newsom and Bass were hit