Fox News Contributor Comes Out Against... People Taking Showers?
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Charles Hurt told a panel on "The Five" that "you don't want to smell bad for other people," but insisted, "Showers are terrible for you."
A Fox News contributor managed to raise a real stink on Friday’s broadcast of “The Five” when he attacked ... the notion of taking showers.
Personal hygiene came up as a topic on the show, a day after a buzzy New York Post headline suggested that showering daily is “performative,” according to some experts. Panelist Charles Hurt took the opportunity to rail against the practice, arguing that taking showers is more about good manners than good health.
“You don’t want to smell bad for other people,” Hurt conceded, but added, “Showers are terrible for you. They’re awful.”
Hurt said that he only takes showers “when I’m going to be around people,” but he insisted, “This is why you live on a farm: You don’t have to take showers.”
That comment led panelist Shannon Bream to ask Hurt, “Are you slapping the hogs and then not showering?”