America Ferrera admits her guilty pleasure is ‘not showering’
America Ferrera has revealed a surprising secret about her personal hygiene routine.
During a Vanity Fair video interview, the “Barbie” actress admitted that she enjoys taking breaks from showering. She confessed, “It’s not showering for a few days.”
Her co-stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, and director Greta Gerwig were shocked by the revelation. They were playing a game to test their knowledge of each other when Ferrera shared her guilty pleasure.
Before Ferrera revealed her surprising answer, her “Barbie” castmates attempted to guess her guilty pleasure. Margot Robbie guessed “cookie dough,” but Ferrera clarified that it wasn’t food-related. Greta Gerwig suggested it might be something related to self-care, but Ferrera denied it. Eventually, she confessed to her love for taking breaks from washing up.
America Ferrera is not the only celebrity who has admitted to skipping showers. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis made headlines in 2021 when they revealed that they only bathe their kids when they see dirt on them. Mila Kunis explained in an episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast that she didn’t bathe her newborns. Ashton Kutcher chimed in, saying that they clean their kids when they can see dirt on them.
Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, and Jake Gyllenhaal also don’t mind skipping showers. Kristen Bell shared on “The View” that they only bathe their two daughters when they start to smell. She believes in waiting for the stink as a sign that it’s time to clean up. Jake Gyllenhaal told Vanity Fair that he finds bathing to be less necessary at times and believes that not bathing can be helpful for skin maintenance.
America Ferrera is spilling a dirty little secret about her hygiene routine.
When asked about her guilty pleasure in a Vanity Fair video published Wednesday, the “Barbie” actress admitted that she enjoys taking breaks from washing up.
“I’m going to really regret saying this,” Ferrera, 39, said, before confessing, “It’s not showering for a few days.”
She was immediately met with shock from co-stars Margot Robbie, Issa Rae and Kate McKinnon and director Greta Gerwig, as the group tested their knowledge of each other.
“What! I would never have expected that,” Robbie said, while Rae turned her head away in disapproval.
Before the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” star revealed the surprising answer, her “Barbie” castmates had attempted to guess what her guilty pleasure was.
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“Cookie dough,” McKinnon, 39, blurted out.
“No, it’s not food related,” Gerwig, also 39, replied. “Oh, I bet a massage or something. Self-care? Is that a guilty pleasure or the same thing?”
Robbie, 33, agreed with the director before McKinnon suggested, “Or looking at Redfin and fantasizing about other lives.”
To which Ferrera responded, “No, I don’t feel guilty about any of those things.”
Rae, 38, chimed in to ask if her guilty pleasure was being away from her kids moments before Ferrera dropped the revelation.
But the “Cesar Chavez” actress isn’t the only celebrity who has admitted to skipping a shower or two.
Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis made headlines back in July 2021 when they revealed that they only bathe their kids when they “see dirt on them.”
“When I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day,” Kunis, 39, said on the “Armchair Expert” podcast with Dax Shepard. “I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns — ever.”
“If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point,” Kutcher, 45, chimed in.
A month later, Shepard’s wife, Kristen Bell, agreed with the sentiment, sharing that the couple only bathes their two daughters when they start to smell.
“I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink,” Bell, 43, said on “The View.”
“Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up.”
Jake Gyllenhaal also wasn’t shy to admit he prefers minimal shower time.
Back in August 2021, the “Spider-Man: Far From Home” star told Vanity Fair he finds “bathing to be less necessary, at times.”
“I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do that,” the actor, 42, explained.
“But I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves.”
