Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything” sessions, as the name suggests, give users an opportunity to pose the questions to famous people that they’ve always wanted answered. It turns out fans of Chuck Todd are pretty curious about the new “Meet the Press” moderator’s facial hair and hygiene practices.
Todd participated in the popular online forum on Friday, answering questions about President Obama’s legacy and his concerns about political polling.
He was also asked, for some reason, about his shampoo preference and if he uses conditioner.
Todd, the consummate everyman, told Reddit user sframe9 that he generally goes for “whatever is in the shower.”
“I don’t have enough hair to worry about anything fancy,” he added.
MTPfanboy wanted to know who inspired Todd to grow his famous goatee, and if he admired “anyone else currently in the facial hair game with a goatee.”
“My dad had a full beard; I didn’t like my full beard so I tried a goatee… liked it better and never really gave it up for the reasons I stated earlier regarding my late father,” Todd said.
But will Todd ever opt for the clean-shaven look? Don’t count on it, Todd told dimplejuice.
“I guess I should never say never; I could mess up shaving one morning where I have to shave it for the day… but honestly, every time I look in the mirror and at that beard, I see my late father,” Todd explained. “Shaving it off would feel like getting rid of a piece of him that I carry every day. Sorry for playing sentimentalist, but it happens to be true.”
