Jillian Michaels fires back after far-left writer calls her a 'White nationalist' in viral Islam debate

Michaels also argued that much of what is labeled "Islamophobia" stems from fear of extremist ideology rather than Muslims as a whole:

"What I think they're afraid of is an ideology that is not in alignment with the West - and it's not the vast majority of Muslims," she said. "But when it's, let's say, 10%, it's still a lot of people. These are statistics."

Ali, who is a Muslim, strongly objected to her characterization, saying her numbers were outdated and inaccurate. He cited recent examples of Muslims intervening to stop terror attacks in both Australia and Germany.

"I let you say a lot of hateful, stupid, reckless things about Muslim Islam, and I just sat there," Ali said as Michaels interjected to defend her point.

Michaels replied, "Would you like to say 1%? That's 20 million people."

Ali then accused Michaels of previously calling herself a White nationalist.

"Jillian, you are, by your own admission - you by your own admission, are a White nationalist… You admitted it. I saw the clip," he claimed.

Michaels, visibly confused, rejected the accusation immediately.

"You know I'm Arab, right? I'm Syrian and Lebanese and Turkish," she replied.

As the two spoke over each other, Ali repeated his claim that such a clip existed, while Michaels forcefully denied ever making such a statement.

"When did I say I was a White nationalist?" she asked.

Ali then backed off, saying he may have been mistaken and was relieved to hear she was not a White nationalist. The debate ultimately moved on.

The clip went viral on X after being shared by the Washington Free Beacon and Defiant L's.

It remains unclear which clip Ali believed showed Michaels calling herself a White nationalist. 

Fox News Digital reached out to Ali for comment.