Glee star Naya Rivera: 'Showering daily is such a white people thing'

GLEE star Naya Rivera has caused outrage among multiple races after saying that showering daily is “such a white people thing”.

Rivera shocked hosts and viewers of panel talk show The View yesterday when she said that “ethnics” do not feel the need to clean themselves as regularly as “white people”.

“I think that white people shower a lot more than ethnics,” the 28-year-old said, adding, “I feel like showering more than once a day or every day is such a white people thing.”

After her comments, co-host Rosie O’Donnell proceeded to call upon a stunned African-American woman in the audience, who insisted she is a “frequent showerer” before Rivera defended her remarks.

“My mom is half black, half Puerto Rican. She showers every day so I can say this,” the Glee actress said.

“But I’m now married to a white man. And he showers a lot, like two, three times a day,” she said of husband Ryan Dorsey.

Naya Rivera and husband Ryan Dorsey. Source: Splash News Australia

Her comments came after a report which suggested that it was not necessary for anyone to shower daily.

“So the study says, a dermatologist says you are only supposed to shower once or twice every three days, so I’m right on the mark,” she said.

But Twitter users didn’t really see the validity of her comments, with many labelling them offensive to all races.