Ashton Kutcher recently reflected on the infamous 2021 debate surrounding personal hygiene that he and his wife, Mila Kunis, inadvertently ignited.

In July of that year, the couple stirred significant conversation both in Hollywood circles and online after discussing their bathing routines on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast.

During the podcast, Kunis, now 42, candidly shared, “I don’t wash my body with soap every day. But I wash pits and tits and holes and soles.” She also revealed that she and Kutcher don’t bathe their children, daughter Wyatt, 11, and son Dimitri, 9, on a daily basis.

Kutcher, 47, echoed his wife’s sentiments, telling Shepard and co-host Monica Padman, “I wash my armpits and my crotch daily, and nothing else ever. I got a bar of Lever 2000 that just delivers every time. Nothing else.”

While daily showers are a routine part of many people’s lives, some celebrities have confessed that their bathing habits vary with circumstances. Kunis explained that her approach to personal hygiene was influenced by her upbringing, where frequent showers were not the norm.

The couple’s confessions prompted celebrities including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Cardi B to comment on the great bathing debate of 2021, which, looking back, Kutcher now feels was overblown.

“It was the craziest thing of all time. We made a comment at one point, and people were like, ‘Does he stink? Does he smell?’” the actor said in a joint People interview with Beauty costars Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope published on Monday, January 19.

According to People, Kutcher then turned to his Beauty castmates to explain the five-year-old debate.

He said, “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.’”

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Hamilton alum Ramos backed Kutcher up, telling the outlet, “I can confirm my boy showers.”

During their 2021 appearance on the “Armchair Expert” podcast, Kutcher, Kunis and Shepard set off a chain reaction with their bathing routines. The discussion came up when Shepard filled the That ‘70s Show alums in on his ongoing dispute with cohost Padman, arguing that she shouldn’t be washing her body with soap every day.

“You should not be getting rid of all the natural oil on your skin with a bar of soap every day. It’s insane,” Shepard reasoned.

Padman responded, “I can’t believe I’m in the minority here of washing my whole body in the shower. Who taught you to not wash?”

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Kunis then chimed in, “I didn’t have hot water growing up as a child, so I didn’t shower very much anyway.”

The Black Swan actress added, “When I had children, I also didn’t wash them every day. I wasn’t that parent that bathed my newborns — ever.”

“Now, here’s the thing: If you can see the dirt on them, clean them. Otherwise, there’s no point,” Kutcher shared his philosophy on bathing his children.

A few weeks, Shepard and wife Kristen Bell also made headlines when they revealed on The View that they have a similar perspective.

“I’m a big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that’s biology’s way of letting you know you need to clean it up,” Bell said. “There’s a red flag. Because honestly, it’s just bacteria. And once you get the bacteria, you gotta be like, ‘Get in the tub or the shower.’ So I don’t hate what they’re doing. I wait for the stink.”