Jake Gyllenhaal Says He Finds Regular Bathing 'To Be Less Necessary'

Jake Gyllenhaal has suggested bathing isn't always "necessary."

In an interview with Vanity Fair Thursday, the "Spider-Man: Far from Home" star opened up about his bathing habits, admitting that he has a very lax attitude about keeping himself clean and that he has increasingly become disillusioned with modern showering practices.

"More and more I find bathing to be less necessary, at times," he said.

Gyllenhaal continued, "I do believe, because Elvis Costello is wonderful, that good manners and bad breath get you nowhere. So I do that. But I do also think that there’s a whole world of not bathing that is also really helpful for skin maintenance, and we naturally clean ourselves."

Gyllenhaal also expressed his shock at finding out loofahs "come from nature," explaining, "They feel like they've been made in a factory but, in fact, it's just not true. Since I was young, it's amazed me."

The "Nightcrawler" star joins several other celebrities who have revealed that they don't believe in regular bathing.

When Kristen Bell and her husband Dax Shepard appeared on "The View" Tuesday to promote "Family Game Fight," they shared that they do not bathe their kids every day. In fact, the "Frozen" star said she waits for the "stink" to tell her when it's time to get their daughters Delta, 6, and Lincoln, 8, into the shower.

"Once you catch a whiff, that's biology's way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There's a red flag," Bell said. "Honestly, it's just bacteria; once you get bacteria you gotta be like, 'Get in the tub or the shower.' So I don't hate what [Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher] are doing. I wait for the stink."

Kunis and Kutcher previously shared their bathing habits when they appeared on Shepard and Monica Padman's "Armchair Expert" podcast last month. The couple admitted that they do not bathe their kids unless they "can see the dirt on them."

"I didn't have hot water growing up as a child, so I didn't shower much anyway," Kunis said, adding, "But 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 added.

Some experts do not recommend daily baths for children, especially babies.

"Overbathing an infant may dry out the skin, making it itchy and rashy," Kelly M. Cordoro, M.D., a professor of dermatology and pediatrics, told The New York Times. "It can be very irritating and unnecessary, as it can wash away the top layer of protective skin cells, natural oils, and normal healthy bacteria, leaving the skin dry, itchy and vulnerable to irritation and possibly skin infections."