Fox News host Pete Hegseth doesn't believe germs are a real thing.
He's so adamant with this stance, Sunday morning while hosting Fox & Friends, Hegseth admitted that he hasn't washed his hands in over ten years. Co-host Jedediah Bila called out Hegseth for eating day old pizza, to which Hegseth retorted with the confession. He said, "My 2019 resolution is to say things on-air that I say off-air. I don't think I've washed my hands for 10 years. I inoculate myself. Germs are not a real thing. I can't see them; therefore, they're not real."
Of course, most people were appalled, though Hegseth did receive some support from other non-hand washers.
#DontWash https://t.co/wLVXkdEgr6
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) February 10, 2019
Though now, Hegseth is admitting that he was "clearly" joking, saying the whole point was to call out "germ-obsessors" to lighten up. He said, "My half-hearted commentary to the point is, we live in a society where people walk around with bottles of Purell in their pockets, and they sanitize 19,000 times a day as if that's going to save their life. I take care of myself and all that, but I don't obsess over everything all the time."
When even @chrislhayes can see the obvious...Twitter really has come full circle. https://t.co/o1dPPaWEhS
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) February 11, 2019
Via USA Today
