Josh Brolin Explained Why He Sleeps With Nicotine Pouches In His Mouth, And I Still Don't Get It

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"I don’t even know I’m doing it, I’m asleep."

Here's an all-timer of a "Don't try this at home" story.

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In a recent appearance on Marc Maron's long-running WTF podcast, veteran actor Josh Brolin revealed that he uses nicotine pouches 24 hours a day — literally. Even when he's sleeping.

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“I don’t even know I’m doing it, I’m asleep,” he said. “I have a pouch in my lip, and I’m not fucking lying, 24 hours a day.”

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Josh even said that his wife, Kathryn Boyd Brolin, can sometimes hear a chewing noise coming from his mouth while he's sleeping — because of the pouches, that is.

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Josh explained that his pouch routine came about after he stopped using nicotine lozenges as his delivery system. “They taste like gasoline and they got a punch to them,” he explained, before revealing that he got seven cavities from the lozenges because he'd keep them “up between my gum and my tooth line."

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Josh also said that his reliance on the pouches has gotten to the point where he keeps them "all over" his house — and that he has to be careful about his children consuming them, too.

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“I’ve started taking them out and putting them on the bedside table,” he said, while noting that if his kids try to use them they're "gonna get sick." "Instead of stopping, I try and teach them, ‘Don’t do that,’" he said.

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"Daddy needs that," he joked.

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All things considered, pretty extreme! You can listen to the entire interview here, and if you've got any opinions on this peculiar habit, I'll see you in the comments.

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