Overview

• Joe Concha tested the five-second rule live on Fox News' Outnumbered by eating a banana dropped on the studio floor.
• The segment referenced a viral TikTok experiment by microbiologist Nicholas Aicher, which showed bacterial growth on dropped items almost instantly.
• Co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy argued that exposure to germs can help build children's immunity, adding to the discussion on germ exposure and food safety.
• Hosts revisited former Fox News host Pete Hegseth's 2019 claim that he never washes his hands, calling germs 'not real,' and his on-air habit of eating food off the floor.
• The April 16 broadcast has sparked widespread commentary on social media, with no formal response from Fox News as of yet.