Kristen Bell is 'not ashamed' of her anti-prune pool gloves

"I want to remove the stigma of the maybe ten people who also suffer from this."
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Kristen Bell is 'not ashamed' of her anti-prune pool gloves
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Kristen Bell wears gloves in the pool as a nifty trick to prevent pruney fingers, and she's not ashamed, people.

Perpetually delightful The Good Place actor Bell told Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday her reasons behind the gloves. Bell's husband Dax Shephard had both talked to Kimmel about it and wrote on Instagram in July that Bell wore gloves, "because she hates the feeling of pruney finger tips on skin."

"I'm acutely aware of the ridges in fingertips," said Bell. "I would call it a very serious, undiagnosed, and yet-to-be-discovered medical condition that tens of people in America might also suffer from."

Bell explained that she can feel the ridges of her fingertips "like a bassline at a club that's too much. And when they're wet it's like I'll puke. I will truly puke. I have a physical nausea.

"I'm not ashamed, because in my lifetime I want to remove the stigma of the maybe ten people who also suffer from this. You're not alone."

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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