Kristin Cavallari is refusing to be criticized after a viral video about not wearing sunscreen was taken out of context.
The “Laguna Beach” alum said of her: “Let’s be honest” podcast “I don’t wear sunscreen, and every time I’m interviewed I get a nasty flak for admitting that I don’t,” she said earlier this year, when she invited guest Dr. Ryan Monahan to talk about the health benefits of the sun and “why you don’t need sunscreen.”
Wednesday’s Dear Media “Breaking Beauty” podcast, Host Jill Dunn asked her about those comments.
“Actually, the conversation was about the health benefits of the sun,” Cavallari explained. “The sun has health benefits. We get Vitamin D from the sun. That’s not debatable. But when I said I don’t wear sunscreen, what I meant to say is that it’s not part of my daily skin care routine. That’s on me. I’ve never told other people not to wear sunscreen. I just stated what I do.”
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Kristin Cavallari is refusing to be criticized after a viral video about not wearing sunscreen was taken out of context. (Philip Faraone/Variety via Getty Images)
She said she uses tinted moisturizer with sunscreen and wears a hat while on vacation.
“I’m careful, but I’m a sunshine girl. I’m from California, I’m a sunshine girl. I was never encouraging other people not to wear sunscreen. It was more like, ‘This is what I do, let’s talk about the health benefits of the sun,’ because if you’re wearing loads of sunscreen, you’re not getting any vitamin D from the sun.”
“I have never told anyone not to wear sunscreen, I just stated what I do.”
However, the Skin Cancer Foundation says there’s no evidence that wearing sunscreen causes vitamin D deficiency: “In fact, people who use sunscreen daily can maintain their vitamin D levels.”
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Cavallari said she wears tinted moisturizer with sun protection and wears a hat while on vacation. (Gotham/GC Images)
Cavallari said that in the past, her doctor has told her to wait 15 minutes before applying sunscreen “to get the health benefits,” adding that “many sunscreens” contain “harmful chemicals.”
The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends applying sunscreen 30 minutes before sun exposure so that the sunscreen “seals” on your skin.
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“When I’m putting on sunscreen, I make sure it has zinc oxide in it,” she said on the podcast, adding, “I think it’s important to have those conversations.”
Dan joked that sunscreen is the only thing he likes more than reality TV because he knows it’s “the most effective anti-aging thing you can do,” adding that he takes it “very seriously” because he’s lost someone to melanoma himself.
Cavallari said that in the past, her doctor had told her to apply it 15 minutes before sunscreen “to get the health benefits,” but that the Skin Cancer Foundation now recommends applying it 30 minutes before sun exposure so the sunscreen “seals on the skin.” (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
Cavallari suggested that she could “take the internet by storm” by launching her own SPF brand without the chemicals she dislikes.
“It’s hard to find a good clean sunscreen,” she said, admitting that she likes the brands Elta MD and Dune. “That’s not a bad idea. I’ll look into it.”
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She joked that if she launched her own line of sunscreen, people would claim that the viral video of her not wearing sunscreen was a PR stunt.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Cavallari’s representatives for comment.
