Jessica Biel Finds Eating in the Shower ‘Deeply Satisfying’ But Warns of One Rookie Mistake

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | January 26, 2024 |

By Emma Chance | Celebrity | January 26, 2024 |

While her husband is releasing singles in an attempt to save his squandered reputation, Jessica Biel is eating in the shower.

She first expressed her fixation in December of last year with a TikTok (she helpfully warns her viewers “I’m sorry in advance for anything I post here” in her profile bio) in which she offered a list of “appropriate” shower foods, like cereal, yogurt, popsicles, coffee, and tea. She called these items “safe” because any melt or spillage can just go down the drain.

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The internet was, naturally, confused and a little concerned—I, for one, wasn’t surprised as I knew spending any amount of time on the set of 7th Heaven as a child surely had to result in some kind of inexorable trauma—and she responded to their comments this week with encouragement and instruction.

“It’s pretty simple, guys. You can do this. I find it deeply satisfying,” she says.

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Now don’t get me wrong, in my youth I was known to enjoy the occasional shower beer, canned wine, canned cocktail, etc. But the occasions during which I partook in shower drinking were always part of the sacred pregame ceremony that is a rite of passage for any and all 20-somethings. Never have I been desperate enough for privacy while eating, which Biel expresses to be a motivation behind her behavior, that I have stooped so low as to consume my cereal in the place I go to get clean.

But the moms of the internet are defending Biel, saying it’s another one of those mom things that the rest of us peons simply wouldn’t understand. Loyal readers will know that I have a mom friend, my day job boss, so I asked her to weigh in.

“Showers are hard to come by as a mom with young kids. All business in there. In and out,” she said. As for her preferred private eating paradise, “I’d much rather hide in a closet to get away from my children.” So, that sets the record straight on that as far as I’m concerned.

Speaking of moms, Biel had a warning for anyone who might try shower eating at home:

“A tricky thing is when you’re chewing, you gotta keep your mouth closed because I still like to get under the water when I’m chewing, and for whatever reason I wanna open my mouth at the same time and spit water. I don’t know if that’s like a childhood squirt gun situation? A deep-rooted need to spit water in the face of someone? Maybe it’s just because I get spit in the face with water all the time by my kids so I’m just ready at any moment to retaliate. That’s the pro tip: chew, do not open the mouth, do not let the shower water in.”

Here I was thinking it was the duty of mothers everywhere to teach their children to chew with their mouths closed, no matter the location, but what do I know?