[Credit: CardiB Instagram] Pop culture icon Cardi B recently placed herself directly into the bizarre Hollywood “non-shower” debate after a graphically descriptive social media video. Appearing on Instagram Live, the rapper confessed it had been nearly three months since she last washed her hair, joking, “I probably got all types of roach eggs, mosquito eggs, everything in this bitch right here,” while pointing to her head.
[Credit: CardiB Instagram] This shocking admission immediately placed her alongside other celebrities who have confessed to unusual hygiene habits in recent years, including talk show host James Corden and actor Jake Gyllenhaal.
[Credit: ShotbyNYP / BACKGRID] The broader celebrity hygiene controversy began in 2021 when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher revealed they only bathe their children when they can “see the dirt on them.” This was followed by Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard admitting they wait for their daughters to “stink” before bath time. Jake Gyllenhaal then contributed by stating he finds bathing “less necessary, at times.”
[Credit: CardiB Instagram] Ironically, Cardi B herself had previously weighed in on this very debate. At the height of the 2021 controversy, the rapper took to Twitter (now X) to express her dismay, tweeting, “Wassup with people saying they don’t shower? It’s giving itchy.”
[Credit: GC Images] Now, just a few years later, Cardi B has become the very type of celebrity she once criticized, with her confession drawing horror from some netizens who wrote, “Ima throw up for real.” Others, however, took her over-the-top admission with a grain of salt, questioning whether the performer—who is currently expecting her fourth child—was simply being provocative.
[Credit: CardiB Instagram] By sharing such a stark habit, Cardi B has successfully joined, and possibly escalated, Hollywood’s strangest cultural clash: the ongoing contest of who can boast the most unconventional personal habits.