"I find bathing to be less necessary" - Jake Gyllenhaal admits

"I find bathing to be less necessary" - Jake Gyllenhaal admits

More celebrities are admitting to not bathing daily. Do you think it is necessary to bathe daily?

Jake Gyllenhaal
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Recently, Aston Kutcher and his wife Mila Kunis admitted they and their children only bathe when it is really necessary. 

Kutcher and Kunis appeared on an episode of Dax Shepard's 'Armchair Expert' podcast - and the conversation turned to bathing. 

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After Shepard told co-host Monica Padman that using soap every day can stop the body from producing natural oils, Kutcher and Kunis agreed, saying they only wash the most important parts every day.

Kutcher said he does wash his armpits and private parts daily and nothing else. The Hollywood couple also believes in not bathing their children every day. 

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"If you can see the dirt on them, clean them, otherwise there's no point."

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is the latest celebrity to air his views on regular bathing.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Gyllenhaal, who is the face of Prada's new fragrance Luna Rossa Ocean, confessed that he doesn't find bathing necessary at times.

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"More and more, I find bathing to be less necessary, at times."

"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," Gyllenhaal continued. 

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Image Credit: Instagram/ Jake Gyllenhaal

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