{"id":862099,"date":"2026-09-27T04:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862099\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T04:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T04:50:12","slug":"elizabeth-holmes-faces-backlash-for-health-and-safety-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862099\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Holmes Faces Backlash for \u2018Health and Safety\u2019 Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has raised eyebrows with an ominous post about her child\u2019s \u201chealth and safety\u201d while serving a prison sentence for fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t get angry often. Tonight, I am,\u201d Holmes, 42, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elizabethholmes\/status\/2103645104585978186?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweeted<\/a> on Friday, September 25. \u201cPeople put my child\u2019s health and safety at risk. They knowingly and consciously chose this path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then warned, \u201cIf protecting my child means burning bridges, I\u2019ll burn them to light the way. Time to sleep. I\u2019ll grab the match tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who or what Holmes was directing her tweet toward, though she included an AI-generated image of her lighting a match on a bridge. Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElizabethHolmes\/status\/2103657284006035795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">eventually replied<\/a> with an apparent non sequitur, sharing a photo of her and one of her children on an airboat. (Holmes and partner Billy Evans share two children.)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/scamanda-burning-questions-amanda-rileys-cancer-fraud-family-prison\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10-Burning-Questions-About-Scamanda-Answered-Amanda-Riley-s-Shocking-Cancer-Hoax-and-the-Aftermath-f.jpeg\"   alt=\"10 Burning Questions About Scamanda Answered Amanda Riley s Shocking Cancer Hoax and the Aftermath\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/scamanda-burning-questions-amanda-rileys-cancer-fraud-family-prison\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    Related: 9 Burning Questions About &#8216;Scamanda&#8217; Answered<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAmanda Riley may be out of sight and serving time, but the cancer fraudster is more talked-about than ever. After soliciting over $100,000 to cover costs of cancer she did not have, the perky Christian mom from California, now 39, was convicted in 2021 and has since gained national infamy \u2014 first with the hit [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Later, Holmes started trolling people who criticized her for bringing up \u201chealth and safety\u201d since she was convicted of four federal counts of fraud and conspiracy in 2022. Her company Theranos shut down in 2018 amid allegations that they misled the public about the capabilities of their fingerprick blood-testing technology, thereby putting patients at significant risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErm. The company you founded and the lies you told also \u2013 I believe \u2013 put countless people\u2019s health and safety at risk,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Garrett_A_Hogan\/status\/2103650831526466027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a>, to which Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElizabethHolmes\/status\/2103668868895871070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responded<\/a>, \u201cCan the chat send this guy some x money to get a more flattering profile photo. Literally anything would be better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this a threat?\u201d someone else <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArseGrammatica\/status\/2103647110755463442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">asked<\/a>, to which Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElizabethHolmes\/status\/2103660105673666788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">clarified<\/a>, \u201cA promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStandard playbook. Be the villain \u2013 get caught \u2013 play the victim,\u201d a third person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mossybawls\/status\/2103659027876188653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">chimed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElizabethHolmes\/status\/2103685019424170495?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shot back<\/a>, \u201cStandard playbook, be a nobody, play the sage, be the r*****.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The disgraced former CEO has been unusually active on X this week, even as she continues to serve her 135-month sentence at the Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas. Last week, it was reported that Holmes will be granted an early release in 2027, at which time she is expected to transition halfway house in Del Valle, Texas. (Holmes\u2019 business partner and one-time boyfriend, Ramesh \u201cSunny\u201d Balwani, was sentenced to nearly 13 years in federal prison and ordered to also pay a share of the $452 million in restitution to their victims.)<\/p>\n<p>Holmes and her attorneys have repeatedly asked President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> to either commute her sentence or issue a full pardon. On Friday, September 25, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/elizabeth-holmes-praises-trump-after-securing-early-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she praised Trump\u2019s political fortunes<\/a>\u00a0despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/j-d-vance-begs-voters-to-give-administration-another-chance\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a gloomy midterms forecast<\/a> for Republicans, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-approval-falls-career-low-32-high-costs-bite-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-09-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">historically low approval rating<\/a>, rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/los-angeles-gas-prices-rising-iran-war-b3055263.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">gas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-diesel-prices-squeeze-schools-farms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">diesel prices<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/lindsey-graham-called-iran-war-best-thing-ive-ever-done\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing war in Iran<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/more-than-167000-pounds-of-meat-were-recalled-what-to-know-about-the-state-of-food-safety-in-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">numerous food recalls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing one of Trump\u2019s midterm campaign videos, Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElizabethHolmes\/status\/2103665436357267825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cWe are winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790484611_372_newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790484612_250_newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tThank You!<\/p>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<p>Holmes is no stranger to aligning with veteran politicians, having convinced late former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former Trump administration Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, among others, to endorse Theranos publicly. (Mattis, 76, and Shultz later repudiated their support for Holmes, while Frist, 74, and Kissinger quietly cut business ties with her.)<\/p>\n<p>Holmes has returned to the spotlight amid the announcement that The Rehearsal\u2019s Nathan Fielder and Some Kind of Heaven\u2019s Lance Oppenheim co-directed a near-3-hour documentary following the former Theranos executive and her partner Evans, 34, in the weeks before she surrendered to federal custody.<\/p>\n<p>You Can See Everything \u2014 which opens on October 16 \u2014 was screened after much speculation at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival on September 6, where it was met with rapturous early reviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has raised eyebrows with an ominous post about her child\u2019s \u201chealth and safety\u201d while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[91,97,252,253,3,111,40984],"class_list":["post-862099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-celebrity-news","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-true-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}