Reese Witherspoon Responded To Criticism Of Her Snow-Eating Video
Reese Witherspoon responded to comments she faced after a video of her eating snow went viral.
On Thursday, Reese shared a TikTok of herself using snow to make frozen drinks. "We got a bunch of snow over the past few days," Reese says in the clip, so "we decided to make a recipe."
The snow is then shown being scooped off of a surface and carried inside, where Reese seems to begin adding toppings straight away.
"We added salted caramel syrup and some chocolate syrup just 'cause we like how they taste together," she explains.
"Then we decided to add some cold brew, just to have a yummy coffee flavor."
After finishing the toppings, Reese digs in and just loves it. She branded the drink "a snow salt chococinno," which, in her words, is basically like "a snowy cappuccino."
"Snow days were made for Chococinnos ❄️☕️," Reese captioned the post.
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While she may have enjoyed it, fans gave the recipe a hard pass because of the snow.
"Isn't snow dirty??" one user wrote under the post.
To answer, Mayo Clinic Health System physician Jennifer Johnson told Accuweather all snow carries a "risk of containing pollution, dirt, and microbes," including freshly fallen snow, as it may have caught pollutants on the way down. The rule of thumb is to wait until it's been snowing for a while so there are fewer pollutants in the air, and if you do eat it, make sure you do so in moderation to avoid illness.
That said, one user thought the video was pretty "disgusting."
"Girl ... you don't want to know what's in that snow," another person wrote.
Some were especially concerned because of where exactly Reese got the snow.
While others didn't see the problem.
Eventually, Reese responded herself, and she said it at least looked clean to her.
"We're kind of in the category of, like, 'You only live once,' and it snows maybe once a year here," she continued, laughing. "I don't know!"
"Also, I wanna say something: it was delicious!" Reese added.
I'll let her have at it!
