Fox News host doesn’t wash his hands because ‘germs aren’t real’

Pete Hegseth claims he was joking - but also backs drinking from garden hose

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Fox News presenter Pete Hegseth has made a splash after telling colleagues on-air that germs “weren’t a thing” and that he hasn’t washed his hands in ten years.

On an episode of Fox & Friends, which aired on Sunday, Hegseth’s co-host Jedediah Bila poked fun at his supposedly unhygienic decision to eat day-old leftover pizza, prompting the startling admission.

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