Travis Kelce & His Brother Jason's 'Nasty' Hygiene Confessions Divided The Nation
Open mouth, insert [dirty] foot. In June 2024, an X user put Jason Kelce on blast, saying that he looked like someone who "doesn't wash his legs or feet." However, instead of issuing a rebuttal, Jason responded to the user directly, saying, "What kind of weirdo washes their feet...."
With this reply, the elder Kelce brother caused quite the internet ruckus, and many others jumped on the X thread to admonish Jason for his public hygiene confession. One X user quipped that "flip flop feet hit different knowing this jason." Meanwhile, another said, "You need to wash your entire body. Come on man." However, there were also X users who defended Jason's foot hygiene habit. Even actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence entered the conversation, slamming Jason for his supposed lack of personal cleanliness during an episode of the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast.
A month later, the discussion resurfaced when Jason and his younger brother, Travis, took to an episode of their "New Heights" podcast to discuss the kerfuffle. Jason doubled down on his rather unpopular feet-washing stance, while also revealing he hadn't washed his hair "in months." To make matters worse, Travis admitted that he doesn't wash his feet "every time" he's in the shower.
A survey shows that feet are the one body part people aren't washing enough
As it turns out, feet continue to be the one body part that people aren't washing enough. In a 2019 survey conducted by YouGov, 24% of respondents stated that they do not "actively wash" their feet in the shower. But why, exactly? According to Holly Wilkinson, a lecturer in wound healing, many wrongly believe that the soap that drips down from the rest of their body is sufficient. "You need to actually physically wash your feet with soapy water," she stressed in a 2025 BBC interview.
Unfortunately, aside from dividing the nation and causing an all-out social media war, there are a lot of other less-than-stellar things that can happen when you don't wash your feet. We're talking smelly feet, calluses, and infections, oh my! But that's not all. Those with diabetes are actually more prone to developing diabetic foot ulcers — a serious warning sign from your feet you shouldn't ignore.
Naturally, this begs the question: How often should we be washing our feet? "For people with diabetes, it is 100% advised that you wash your feet every day," Wilkinson said. Otherwise, she advised that washing every other day is sufficient for proper hygiene.