UK-based Nigerian businessman and content creator Oyemykke
UK-based Nigerian businessman and content creator, Oyemykke, has fired back at critics who slammed him for admitting that he doesn’t change his boxers every single day.
The outspoken influencer stirred the pot when he previously urged men to take hygiene seriously, a message that took an unexpected turn when some women reached out to complain about men repeating boxers for up to three days despite the smell. That feedback seemed to strike a nerve.
In a new video, Oyemykke opened up about a conversation he had during an Eid event.
“I was at my guy’s Eid event yesterday and we brought up the boxers thing because I need to start asking,” he began.
“Strangely, everybody changes their boxers every day. Nobody claimed they repeat their boxers. Nobody claimed they stay in their houses for days and wear the same boxers. They claim they change their boxers every day, that I am the one that smells.”
“But that wasn’t even what got to him. “That one did not pain me sef,” he said with a shrug.
“One photography, you! Are you as neat as myself? Asking, ‘what kind of man doesn’t change his boxers every day?’ It’s like you are mad! Are you mad? Are you on my level when it comes to neatness?”
Clearly unimpressed by the outrage, Oyemykke questioned the societal pressure around daily underwear changes.
“All of a sudden, every single man in the world, you change your boxers every day?” he scoffed.
“First of all, do you go out every day? Because we have to get to this level. Do you people take your bath every day? Because I don’t bath every day.”
According to him, the routine is simple: if he’s staying in all day, he doesn’t see the point in bathing or switching up his underwear.
“Sometimes I am on this chair playing video games the whole day and forget I haven’t had my bath all day. I will take my bath the next day and, of course, I will change my boxers. But making it look like daily I must change my boxers—it’s a lie!”
