SNL alum Leslie Jones had the opportunity to ask Olympian Katie Ledecky, who on Thursday became the most decorated U.S. female swimmer in Olympics history, a gross question about swimmers that we've all wondered, whether we admit or not.
You guessed right: Jones asked Ledecky about peeing in the pool. The eight-time gold medalist, however, says she "definitely" doesn't do it.
It all began when Ledecky said the following in an interview that aired on NBC Sports:
“I just love it when I can spend most of my day at the pool."
Jones then asked the big question:
"You know, I got to ask this because I’m looking at this pool and I see how long the lanes are ... how do you not pee in the pool?”
Ledecky laughed and said:
"I definitely don't."
When Jones questioned if "no one" pees in the pool, Ledecky gave the following response that had Jones cackling:
"I can't speak for other people. I definitely cannot speak for other people.”
You can watch their exchange in the video below.
People definitely had thoughts.
Aside from not peeing in the pool, Ledecky clinched a gold medal on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, she was back in the pool to win another medal, setting a new record for the most Olympic medals won by a female swimmer when the U.S. women’s 4x200 freestyle relay team secured a silver.
People were thrilled for her.
Jones' interview with Ledecky comes just days after The Wall Street Journal published a piece titled "The Dirty Secret of Olympic Swimming: Everyone Pees in the Pool."
Lilly King, a three-time Olympian for Team USA, revealed that she's "probably peed in every single pool I’ve swam in," adding that she can "actually pee as I’m swimming, which is kind of a gift.”
The Journal noted that the "nasty habit isn’t just a lack of decorum" because many swimmers "insist there’s a good reason why they can’t do what most people learn by the age of four."
It added that "swimmers hydrate until the last possible moment while also wearing ultra-tight suits meant to compress their bodies into the most hydrodynamic shape possible," which "makes for a dangerous combination."
