Everybody wants to know the same thing about Cynthia Erivo ’s signature long nails. The Wicked star, who has been sporting talon nails while promoting the new fantasy musical, was asked by Dax Shepard how she uses the bathroom with her ultra-long nails during an interview on the Monday, November 18, episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast . And, well, it turns out, he’s not the only one curious.
“Can I ask you a really crazy question that’s inappropriate?” Shepard, 49, asked the U.K.-born actress.
Erivo, 37, invited Shepard to proceed with his line of questioning, but she quickly realized where things were going. “When you’re wiping your butt—” the podcast host began saying before Erivo interjected, “I knew you would ask that question. Everybody asks that question!” “Nobody uses just their fingers to wipe their backside.
You use tissue. Correct? And you wipe,” Erivo explained her bathroom routine. “Does the tissue go on the fingernails?” Shepard then asked.
“Pads of the fingers,” Erivo responded. Shepard probed if Erivo ever feels a “tingle” around her backside because of her nails. “No, because the tissue’s there,” she said.
Shepard asked Erivo if she was offended by the question. The Oscar nominee admitted that she was “annoyed” by the question. “I’m like, ‘Come on, guys.
’ But I get it. But it’s also like, I’m a functioning adult and I’ve never walked around smelling like, you know..
.” Erivo said. “Peopl.