It was just last week that Martha Stewart returned to the scene of the crime The Drew Barrymore Show, her first appearance in nearly a year after host Drew pulled her usual maneuver of petting a guest without permission. Last year’s moment went viral because Martha playfully yet emphatically pushed Drew away. During last week’s visit, Martha set the record straight, diplomatically stating that she didn’t have any beef with Drew, she simply didn’t like being petted “on television.” (I feel like “…by YOU” was the way Martha ended that sentence in her head.) So that was last week, and I really thought we were making progress in the personal space discourse. Fool, thy name is Kismet. Here’s the good news: we’re not talking about Drew invading the space of one of her guests! Here’s the rub: instead, Drew made her cohosts Sunny Anderson and Ross Matthews smell her feet. They were doing a segment on how often you should wash your feet and Drew just whipped her puppies out. Why? To prove they didn’t smell. Maybe not the feet, but something sure stinks.

Drew Barrymore is standing 10 toes down on the assertion that her feet don’t smell.

The Drew Barrymore Show host, 50, was joined by co-hosts Sunny Anderson and Ross Matthews during her Tuesday, Oct. 7 episode as the trio decided to “check a box of cleanliness” and discuss foot care.

During the segment, and before Anderson brought up a report about foot care experts “begging people to prioritize washing their feet,” she told Barrymore that her feet smelled “divine” after smelling them last year.

Naturally, Barrymore wanted to confirm again.

“Drew does not have stinky feet. She’s like a smell-good girl,” Matthews, 46, said, as Barrymore lifted her foot from under the desk and gave it a sniff herself. Moments later, Anderson, 50, decided to “double check” and leaned her head over. Matthews then got up from his seat and did the same.

“It smells like a whole lot of nothing,” Anderson said, before Barrymore reiterated: “There’s no scent there whatsoever. And believe me, I have other issues. Nobody escapes issues.”

After the sniff test, Anderson let the audience weigh in on how often they wash their feet following talk of an apparent 2019 Self magazine report. Apparently, 87% of Barrymore viewers in the crowd said they wash their feet daily, while 10% said they wash their feet every week, 1% said they wash them once a month and another 2% said they never wash them.

Barrymore then asked her audience to take accountability and raise their hands if they never wash their feet, before a woman named Annie defended her choice.

“I have a shower and the few times I tried to put soap on my feet, I almost died and slipped and fell,” the host joked in response.

[From People]

In relation to the petting, is this new breach of conduct a lateral move or full blown regression? Please weigh in, because I’m stymied. I mean, I don’t think either Sunny or Ross were scandalized by this; they’re each big personalities and know what they signed up for. And I love how Sunny is willing to exclaim that Drew’s feet smell “divine”… after she smelled them ONCE a whole ass year ago! This isn’t something where if you hit the mark once you’re then set ever after; foot hygiene is a daily maintenance issue (and don’t forget in between the toes!). That was the point of the dang news they were reporting on!! (Also: what on earth was the context of Sunny smelling Drew’s feet last year? I blame Ross for not following up on that crumb!) As for Drew’s argument that soapy feet lead to slipping and falling, sigh. For one thing, they make these newfangled doohickeys called BATH MATS that go into the shower for a sturdier grip. But let’s be real here — isn’t it highly probable that Drew has a big enough shower to fit a bench in?