United Kingdom, Dec. 11 -- Charlotte Church "generally stinks".

The 39-year-old singer was taken by surprised when complimented on how she smells because she admitted she doesn't use deodorant or shave her body hair because she is concerned about having "chemically stuff" close to her pores.

After Walking The Dog podcaster Emily Dean told her guest she smelt "lovely", Charlotte replied: "Do I? That's surprising. I never smell nice.

"I don't wear any deodorant or anything, so I generally stink. I don't shave anymore. I don't shave anything.

"I stopped shaving probably about 18 months ago, maybe even longer than that, maybe two years.

"And I stopped wearing deodorant..I just started thinking do you know what? Like this underarm area, t...