FKA twigs — People who walk through TSA barefoot should be banned from travel and sent home
Summary
FKA twigs has a strong opinion about airport etiquette, and it's rooted in something deeper than mere preference. She tells Kareem that people who walk through TSA barefoot should be banned from travel and sent home, concerned that "foot sweat is going to soak through my socks" when she stands where their bare feet have been. It's called Contact OCD, she explains. A real phobia. Kareem doesn't share the condition and proves it by touching the subway floor, which grosses both of them out. The whole exchange turns a seemingly random airport gripe into a surprisingly vulnerable moment about living with an actual medical anxiety.
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So what's your take? People who walk through TSA barefoot should be banned from travel and sent home? 100% agree. You know, you have to stand in security within your feet on the yellow feet, and if someone's bare feet have been where mine are about to go, even if they have socks on, I feel like their foot sweat is going to soak through my socks, and then I have to travel with that for eight hours and know that we've touched you. Think that their foot breath is going to travel through the socks and into your feet?
100%? 100%? Yeah, so you think about this a lot. It's called Contact OCD. Oh, it's a real thing. Contact OCD, yeah. Okay, now we're getting somewhere. So this is not just an opinion, this is not a take, this is a medical condition?
Yeah, it's a phobia. Yeah. I don't have Contact OCD. I'll touch whatever. That's crazy. I know it's disgusting. I, I'm actually gross. I'm a little grossed out. I'm a little grossed out after I did that. That's that's not crazy. All right, nice to meet you. I'm just kidding.