When Pete Hegseth said he doesn't wash his hands because 'germs are not real thing'

Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary

Pete Hegseth

has gone viral for his tattoos, for his opinion on women in combat roles but the most outrageous and recent one is his old video as a Fox News host where he said he had not washed his hands in last 10 years because germs are not real. The video has gone viral amid outrage over Donald Trump's cabinet picks -- and Pete Hegseth is one of the outrageous picks.
Pete Hegseth has three wives and seven children and has recently been accused of a sexual misconduct allegation -- though his lawyer said it was a consensual thing but Hegseth was coerced into paying the woman during the #MeToo movement. Given all this, Donald Trump's transition team is not happy with him and is secretly looking for options to replace him. They think Pete Hegseth was not honest with them. Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick for attorney general, is also embroiled in a sex offence case but it was widely known and now Trump is throwing his weight behind Gaetz. But Hegseth's case is different.
“People are upset about the distraction. The general feeling is Pete hasn’t been honest,” a source told Vanity Fair.
But his hand-washing video remains evergreen.

On the Fox News panel, Pete Hegseth in 2019 admitted that he ate a day-old pizza which was not in a refrigerator. He said he didn't find anything odd about that. "Really, I don't really wash my hands ever. I inoculate myself. Germs are not a real thing. I can't see them, therefore they're not real," Hegseth said evoking laughter. He later clarified that he was joking but he said he supported drinking from hosepipe and riding bikes without a helmet. Those posts on his X have been deleted.

'This is a battle that is just beginning'

Pete Hegseth is aware of the uphill task in front of him as he will have to be cleared by the Senate to become the defense secretary. He attended a Republican prayer call Tuesday and said the battle is just beginning. The call was hosted by Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump. He brought his wife Jennifer to the call.