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Showering is bad. Are you going to listen to them?

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Fox Contributor Mocked for Claiming Showers ‘Are Terrible’

Fox News contributor and Washington Times opinion editor Charlie Hurt was back on The Five Friday with another weird take: Showers “are terrible,” and not even farmers have to take them.

The discussion centered around a New York Post story published Thursday that called attention to how some experts consider daily showers more of a social construct rooted in the opinions of others than a personal necessity. One environmentalist, for instance, told the BBC this week that showers are more popular than ever “because we’re afraid somebody else will tell us that we’re smelling.”

The Post also cited a Manhattan dermatologist who warned that prolonged, daily showers could damage the “skin’s microbiome,” which not only protects the skin but is “extremely important in overall health of the body.”


That idea received a general lukewarm reception on The Five, with co-hosts Shannon Bream, Jeanine Pirro, Richard Fowler, and Greg Gutfeld all expressing skepticism. “I don’t know who these experts are, but fire all of them,” Fowler said. “I take multiple showers a day.”

Hurt, however, seemed to side with how those experts have come to see the topic.

“It’s not about a stigma. It’s called manners. You don’t want to smell bad for other people,” he began, to the agreement of his co-hosts, before taking a turn. When Fowler asked if he took multiple showers, Hurt emphatically said no.

Showering is bad. Are you going to listen to them?
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