Ashton Kutcher finally addresses controversial hygiene claims after bathing admission left people shocked

Ashton Kutcher has set the record straight on the personal hygiene debate over his supposedly questionable shower habits.

You may remember that Kutcher and his wife, Mila Kunis, made headlines when their personal hygiene was questioned a few years ago.

Next to be seen in Ryan Murphy’s star-studded body horror series, The Beauty, Kutcher has returned to the infamous shower conversation, clarifying the comments he and Kunis made at the time.

For those who have no idea what we’re talking about here, allow us to recap.

Back in 2021, Kutcher and Kunis appeared on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. The conversation went viral after Kunis joined the debate about whether showering every day is good with podcast co-host Monica Padman and admitted she ‘didn’t shower very much’ growing up.

For his part, Kutcher said he cleans his ‘armpits and my crotch daily and nothing else ever’.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis tied the knot in 2015. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Five years later, Kutcher has finally addressed that podcast appearance, calling the subsequent internet debate ‘the craziest thing of all time’.

Speaking with People, Kutcher confirmed that he does indeed shower.

"It was the craziest thing of all time," the actor said about the podcast reactions.

"We made a comment at one point, and people were like, 'Does he stink? Does he smell?'"

Turning to his The Beauty co-stars Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope, who were also present for the interview, Kutcher explained: "There was a comment on a podcast, so long ago… and people are like, 'They don't shower.' I'm like, 'I shower, I go to the gym, I shower.' "

He set the record straight after the viral comments (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Laughing, Ramos cleared the rumour: “I can confirm my boy showers."

Murphy's upcoming show adapts the comic book of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, telling the story of a sexually transmitted treatment known as 'The Beauty' that grants users physical attractiveness but has devastating side effects.

Kutcher stars as Byron Forst, a tech billionaire tied to the Beauty drug, while Ramos plays an enforcer working for the Corporation.

Pope plays outsider Jeremy, with Evan Peters and Rebecca Hall portraying Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett, two FBI agents investigating a streak of deaths linked to 'the Beauty'.

Isabella Rossellini also stars, as well as Ari Graynor, Ben Platt, Vincent D'Onofrio and Bella Hadid, among others.