While speaking at a conference in Florida, Michaels addressed her comments on NewsNight with Abby Phillip and expanded her thoughts.

Jillian Michaels doubled down on her thoughts on White people in a heated debate about slavery and the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibits on 'CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip' Thursday, Aug. 14.

Every single thing is like, oh, no, no, no, this is all because ‘white people bad’ and that's just not the truth,” Jillian Michaels told anchor Abby Phillip.

I'm surprised that you’re trying to litigate who was the beneficiary of slavery and who was not,” host Abby Phillip said.

Michaels rightly pointed out that slavery does not encapsulate the American story. It is a part of it, a small part of it, but that’s it. Yet, as she demonstrated, the left has made it and a general “white people bad” attitude the focus of much of the displays at the Smithsonian, no matter the topic.

The NewsNight panel was supposed to debate whether the Kennedy Center’s new direction signaled a shift in America’s cultural identity.

Podcast host Jillian Michaels debates Julie Roginsky, Ritchie Torres, and CNN host Abby Phillip about President Trump auditing the Smithsonian museums for "woke" partisan ideology. JULIE ROGINSKY: He's gone into the Smithsonian and he's effectively now has some random person deciding what is appropriate for the Smithsonian to teach in terms of American history,