Kevin Bacon: actor, considerate husband and fruit whisperer (literally).
On Saturday, the 62-year-old You Should Have Left star posted an Instagram video showing how he prepares his “morning mango,” an integral part of his morning routine. The other integral part is that he has to whisper throughout the demo, lest he wake up his still-sleeping wife, Kyra Sedgwick.
The result isn’t just a demonstration on how to slice a mango (useful, sure), but also an ASMR—dare we say?—masterpiece.
“Forgive the whispering,” he writes, “someone (and I’ll name names here @kikkosedg) was still asleep. I often like to have a little #MorningMango. What’s your favorite fruit trick? Hope you enjoy the accidental #ASMR.”
Bacon claims the ASMR element was an accident, but we’re fully convinced he has a fancy ASMR microphone hiding off-camera. (What? We watch a lot of YouTube videos.) As for the mango-slicing method…we endorse. It’s actually one of our favorite ways to slice a mango. He scores a grid through each half before inverting it inside the peel (“No stringy parts in your teeth,” he explains), then sprinkles (um, douses) it with chili powder, salt and lime juice (“refreshing”). “Pretty good,” he says as he bites into a chili-smothered segment of the mango. “Hope you have a good day.” Honestly, we hope so too!
So, the consensus? This is no Stanley Tucci cocktail tutorial, but it’ll do just fine. (As in, we’re adding it to our ASMR bedtime routine A-S-A-P.)