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"Who knew showering was such a hot-button topic? After inciting controversy on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with her remark that showering daily is &amp;quot;such a white people thing,&amp;quot; Naya Rivera attempted to wash away some of her bad karma with an apology.\r\nThe Glee star, 28, returned to the scene of the crime&amp;#xA0;&amp;#x2014; The View &amp;#x2014; as a guest host on Wednesday, Jan. 14, and offered a mea culpa to viewers who took offense to her previous comments.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Showering. Biggest topic in pop culture today, in my opinion. Thanks to me, unfortunately,&amp;quot; she quipped during the show&amp;apos;s Hot Topics segment. &amp;quot;Yesterday, we were talking about a study that says you&amp;apos;re supposed to shower once or twice every three days. I had an opinion on it that was supposed to be a joke. Apparently it didn&amp;apos;t go over so well.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n(That might be an understatement. Viewers took Rivera to task for the offhand remark, sharing their own opinions of her opinion on Twitter. &amp;quot;When YOU tell the world YOU shower every 3 days that says more about YOU not us Naya Rivera,&amp;quot; one person wrote, adding that &amp;quot;some things are better left unsaid.&amp;quot;)\r\n\r\nRivera claimed on Wednesday that she was kidding at the time, saying, &amp;quot;It was supposed to be a joke, but I apologize if anyone was offended.&amp;quot; She went on to quote some of the tweets she&amp;apos;d received, including one from user @retiredfilth that said, &amp;quot;Now white people gonna think we don&amp;apos;t shower cuz of Naya Rivera.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe View co-host Nicolle Wallace, for one, said the actress deserved a break. &amp;quot;Back off of Naya,&amp;quot; Wallace told viewers. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s very clean.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFellow co-host Rosie O&amp;apos;Donnell piped in, too, saying she&amp;apos;d read something about how &amp;quot;doctors say that you should take a bath&amp;quot; anyway. &amp;quot;Thank you, that&amp;apos;s what I do,&amp;quot; she quipped.\r\nGuest host Samantha Ponder was appalled. &amp;quot;No. A bath? You sit in your own filth when you take a bath!&amp;quot; she protested, prompting Wallace to joke, &amp;quot;Oh my god, you&amp;apos;re gonna be in trouble now, too!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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