Kevin Durant Claps Back at Jokes About His Ashy Legs in New Lotion Commercial

The NBA star poked fun at long-running jokes about his dry skin while announcing his new partnership with CeraVe.

Kevin Durant sitting in a chair, wearing a black jacket and cap, holding a microphone, with a blurred background.
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Kevin Durant’s legendary ashy skin has landed him a deal with CeraVe.

On Tuesday, the Houston Rockets star took to X to share a clip of himself reading tweets about his aversion to using lotion and firing back with a few clapbacks.

“Y’all keep bringing up my legs…might be time to address it with @cerave?” he wrote.

The first tweeted KD rattled off, pleaded with him to put lotion on his legs, which prompted the NBA player to respond, “Why are you actually watching my legs so closely, brother?”

Another tweet looked back to an infamous photo of Durant’s dry ankles from 2021. “I had 35 on 12 shots that night,” Kevin responded. “That is way more important than my ashy ankles.”

One tweet had Durant stumped. “Next time u take a matter into ur own hands, make sure it’s lotion.” KD responded, “That’s actually pretty funny. I don’t have a reply to that.”

Last month, the 37-year-old’s questionable habits came up during a conversation with his teammate, Fred VanVleet, for his Unguarded podcast, where Durant shared his views on showering, getting haircuts, and moisturizing.

“I really used to care at one point about like, ‘Man, let me get a cut this week. Then after a while, I was like, ‘I'm way more relaxed when I'm just not giving a fuck.’ I just stopped getting cut. Stopped lotioning,” he said.

Durant later said that while he does shower, he doesn’t shower every day.

“I shower,” Durant responded. “I might go two days sometimes without hopping in that water, wait til I get to the gym,” adding, “If I'm sitting in the house, I might just want to go musty for a couple days. … I just like to feel close to the trenches like that.”

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