Jessica Biel Changes Her Stance on Eating in the Shower: 'Don't Do What I Do… I'm Not Perfect'

Jessica Biel still likes to eat in the shower, but she doesn’t think everyone should.

During the performance at View On Thursday, May 16, the actress, 42, addressed her “polarizing” bathroom activity, which previously went viral on TikTok.

“I don’t know guys… It’s annoying. I think it’s polarizing for some people, but honestly, I don’t have a lot of time, I’m multitasking and sometimes I don’t prioritize food… I’m not saying you should do that, don’t do that what I do,” Biel said.

The mum-of-two advised viewers to practice mindful eating instead.

Jessica Biel in ‘The View’.

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Jessica Biel finds it ‘deeply satisfying’ to eat in the shower: ‘I want to start a movement’

“You should eat carefully. Don’t shove food in your face in the shower like I did,” she said. “But that’s what I’ve been doing. And you know what, we’re not perfect. I’m not perfect.”

After co-host Sara Haines noted that the shower is “a time where kids don’t come in,” noting that it’s “one of the few doors that can keep them out,” Biel joked, “I don’t know, it doesn’t keep my kids out , I always say, ‘People, please.’ ”

Biel has sons Phineas, 3½, and Silas, 9, with husband Justin Timberlake.

The 7. heaven alum’s fans got a glimpse of her successfully eating in the shower when she laid out her “rules” in a hilarious TikTok video in January.

Jessica Biel bathed in £20. Epsom Salt in a dress for the Met Gala 2024, coming without Justin Timberlake

“I like to take a bite or a sip and put it on the ledge and then do your thing. You wash your hair — keep the soap out — that’s a big deal. It’s pretty simple, folks. You can do it,” she said. “I find it deeply satisfying.”

Biel explained that “the only tricky thing is that while you’re chewing, you have to keep your mouth closed because I still like to go underwater while I’m chewing, and for whatever reason, I want to open my mouth at the same time and spit the water out.”

Earlier this month, another one of Biel’s shower habits also went viral — soaking in epsom salts.

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Jessica Biel at the Fashion Trust US Awards.

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Before attending the 2024 Met Gala, Biel revealed on TikTok that she had shed 20 pounds. epsom salts 30 minutes to prepare for the big event.

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She later explained to PEOPLE that “Epsom salt baths are a tool that I love and use for everything, after travel, sore muscles, of course, magnesium, absolutely, for good sleep, for stress relief, for, you know, just feeling confident in your body for going to a big event like the Met Ball, which I used it for.”

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