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Honestly, what is it about people that they can’t control themselves, even after they are in the public eye and know everyone’s watching. Current Biggest Loser contestant Shanon Thomas, 30, of Centerline, Michigan, was arrested Thursday and charged with domestic violence.

The police received a call from Michael Nolden, a tenant of Shanon’s that lives in her basement, saying that she had thrown flour in his face, according to MSNBC. She yelled at him to turn his television down, then reached for a bag of flour and tossed it into his face, getting some in his eyes in the process. Police arrive on the scene and found the evidence of flour on the floor and couch. Her excuse was that Nolden had tried to throw a pan at her.

Shanon, currently a massage therapist, entered a not guilty plea in the incident when police charged her with domestic violence. She’s no stranger to this process, as previously, she had pled guilty to a DUI offense back in 2004.

The MSNBC article does have a fact wrong in the case. They state that both Shanon and her teammate, her mother Helen Phillips, were sent home, when in fact it was only Shanon. The nine teams on the show that neither won the first challenge nor won the first weigh-in were told to choose which person of their team would be sent home. They were sent home with the hope of coming back if the remaining teammate is able to stay for the next thirty days without being eliminated.

Shanon and Helen decided Shanon would be the one going home with the hope of coming back, and she stated she wanted to prove it could be done at home and wanted to inspire other people. Perhaps she was just inspiring Michael Nolden by throwing the flour in his face when he threw the pan at her. She was probably just sharing a healthy recipe learned from Bob and Jillian.

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