Elizabeth Holmes Whistleblower Says Nathan Fielder ‘Chose to Ignore the Truth’ to Make a Better Movie

A whistleblower involved in the Theranos case has accused Nathan Fielder of deliberately omitting crucial details about Elizabeth Holmes' history of deception in order to make his documentary more compelling. The documentary, titled "You Can See Everything," focuses on Holmes' struggles in the weeks leading up to her prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company.

Meghan McCain, who hosted the show "Citizen McCain," expressed discomfort with the portrayal of Holmes as more sympathetic than she felt warranted, citing the use of her children and breastfeeding in the film. Tyler Shultz, the whistleblower, argued that Fielder's artistic documentary style would not have been as engaging if he had simply shown Holmes being taken to the "slaughterhouse."

The whistleblower revealed that Fielder directly asked Holmes if she has ever told a lie, and she answered in the negative, stating she does not believe she has ever lied. However, Shultz argued that the documentary chose to ignore numerous instances of Holmes' blatant lying, which would have made it easy to establish her history of intentional deception.

Shultz revealed that this documentary has brought Holmes back into the public eye more than Hulu's 2022 series "The Dropout," in which Amanda Seyfried played the Theranos founder. He also noted that the documentary's intent from the Holmes camp was to curry sympathy from the public. McCain also questioned Holmes' description of the actual Theranos device, which she claimed was never completed and never used on patients.

The whistleblower emphasized that the device actually used was far more rudimentary and inaccurate, actively giving patients incorrect results. He argued that if Holmes had raised her $900 million with this technology, she wouldn't have had to mislead investors.