Man, 20, who hasn’t worn shoes for 10 MONTHS and cleans his feet in a puddle if he steps in something nasty insists he’ll say barefoot for life (but admits he’s been asked to leave bars and supermarkets)
- George Woodville, 20, from Cambridge, threw away all his shoes 10 months ago
- The content creator walks everywhere without shoes in every kind of weather
- He has become a sensation on TikTok and has set up an OnlyFans
- He has been asked to leave supermarkets and bars by managers before
A man who hasn’t worn shoes for more than 10 months plans to be ‘barefoot until the day I die’, despite being asked to leave bars and supermarkets because of his grubby feet.
When George Woodville, 20, from Cambridge decided to throw away every last pair of shoes he owned after going on a family holiday to Plymouth last October, he felt ‘liberated’.
He’s since gone to bars, restaurants, supermarkets and even nightclubs barefoot, and says he’ll ask for a bucket of water to clean his feet if he’s stepped in something nasty such as dog poo, or just use a puddle.
George said that going barefoot makes him less fussy about what he steps in and even when he gets some glass in his foot, it usually falls out after a few days.
The social media influencer has gained more than 50 million views and 300,000 followers on TikTok since May 2022, after posting videos of his size 8 feet.
George Woodville, 20, from Cambridge hasn’t worn shoes for 10 months, and in spite of getting his soles grubby, he said that he has mostly managed to avoid stepping on anything nasty
George, pictured before going barefoot, was unhappy wearing shoes and insists that his new regime has ‘changed his life’
The influencer, who has gained a massive TikTok following, claims he goes everywhere barefoot in all weathers
George, who started a feet based OnlyFans earlier this year, after receiving a flurry of messages on TikTok asking for ‘feet pics’, now believes his tootsies could become his primary source of income, adding: ‘It’s pretty amazing to think that my feet could be what pays my bills.
He continued: ‘I hope I can become a millionaire and I would be surprised if I didn’t make that kind of money in the next five or so years.
‘I felt so liberated when I first took my shoes off and I would never consider wearing them again. I will be barefoot until the day I die.’
George only made a measly £100 in his first month on OnlyFans but after being inundated with thousands of comments on his TikTok account, @georgewoodville, he said it is only a matter of time before he starts making serious cash.
So far he has uploaded roughly 50 pictures of his feet to his all-male subscriber base on the website.
George says he feels more accepted now than ‘he ever has been in his whole life’ and ‘happier than he’s ever been’
George chilling on a pink flamingo in Cambridge, with a bottle of bubbly. He admits he’s been asked to leave restaurants because of his barefoot status
‘I will be barefoot until the day I die’: Like the Hobbits in Lord of the rings, George doesn’t need shoes and claims feet are sturdy enough for the terrain
George at King’s Cross station in London, talking with another barefoot wanderer
Referring to the pictures of his feet as ‘art’, he said: ‘When I started making TikTok content, I kept getting messages from people who wanted to see pictures of my feet.
‘And it became a bit of a joke that I should start an OnlyFans account.
‘But I really enjoyed the creativity of it, every photo I took was a piece of art.’
George, who was once a ‘religious shoe-wearer’ and wore shoes in his house, said he struggled with his mental health and depression in 2019.
Then, while on that fateful holiday in Plymouth with his mum and grandfather in October 2021, he had a ‘brainwave’ and began to question why he was wearing shoes.
George enjoying a chocolate milkshake with his bare feet up on the table at a cafe. He insists that every photo he takes of his bare feet is a ‘work of art’
Don’t put your feet on the seats! The influencer reveals his blackened soles in a photo after a day out
This is the first barefoot picture George posted to OnlyFans, where he managed to scoop up £100. He’s confident he can turn his account into a lucrative business
After returning to his hotel after a six mile walk around Dartmoor National Park, he discovered the barefoot movement online who argue that rejecting shoes can correct misalignments, increase foot strength and flexibility and prevent fungal infections.
What is the barefoot movement and can ditching shoes really benefit your health?
The practice has been advocated by respected academics, such as Professor of Biology at Liberty University L. Daniel Howell, who has even written a book on the subject.
He argues that rejecting shoes can correct misalignments, increase foot strength and flexibility and prevent fungal infections.
Professor Howell is a member of the Society For Barefoot Living, established in the US in 1994, which has a mission to educate people on the benefits of going barefoot, support people who have made this life choice and educate others.
Other prominent members include endurance athlete and adventurer Ted McDonald; renowned barefoot hiker Richard Frazine; runner Ken Saxton who has completed 79 marathons bare foot and Tom Perry, ‘the Barefoot Climber’ who has scaled Vesuvius and Kilimanjaro shoeless.
He said ‘I was on a hiking holiday and I had a brainwave and just wondered why I was wearing shoes.
‘I got back to the hotel, and I started looking up the benefits of going barefoot and found this amazing community.
‘I decided at that moment that I wouldn’t ever wear shoes again.’
That evening, George dipped his toes quite literally into a world without shoes for the first time, when he went out to eat while barefoot.
The 20 year old has his very first barefoot experience out at a restaurant with his parents.
He said ‘My first experience was going to a restaurant with my mum and grandfather – and it felt really different.
‘And then I walked on grass, and on any surface I could find to feel the difference.’
George said his mum has been very supportive of his going barefoot ‘I spent 20 years wearing shoes, but it felt right.’
A few weeks after he returned home to Cambridge, he put his shoes into a bag before binning them – roughly 20 pairs, including three pairs of trainers, two pairs of leather shoes, suede shoes and flip flops – and committed himself to living barefoot full-time.
Since then he has not looked back and says the decision has added a new ‘joy and dimension’ to his life.
George said ‘When I first tried walking on the grass without my shoes, it felt really good.
‘I wore shoes pretty much all of the time before – I wouldn’t even be barefoot in the house. I would not go anywhere barefoot.
‘I think I have finally become comfortable in my own skin now that I’m barefoot. I can express myself without judging myself.
‘I feel more accepted now than I have ever in my whole life.
‘I am happier than I ever have been.’
Not everyone approves and George said he often gets disgusted stares from strangers when he walks down high streets, and has sometimes been asked to leave supermarkets, but he added many people are also intrigued by his lifestyle.
He said ‘I get lots of mixed reactions. Some people think it’s disgusting – I can hear them say it while they pass me in the street.
‘But others will ask me more about it, and why I do it.
‘When I started going into supermarkets barefoot, I would constantly get asked to leave by managers.
‘I never felt embarrassed about it, and I could never judge another person for how they see the world. But I was very civil, and I think that’s why they have no issues with me when I speak to them.
‘It doesn’t happen as much anymore. In my local shop, everyone knows who I am now.’
Walking on pavements around towns and big cities might strike some people as risky, given there can be glass, cigarette butts and worse lurking – but George, who averages 30,000 steps a day, said he does not have any issues with treading on anything.
He said ‘You have to become comfortable walking on anything, so it makes you less concerned about what you are stepping on.
He said ‘I get lots of mixed reactions. Some people think it’s disgusting – I can hear them say it while they pass me in the street ‘But others will ask me more about it, and why I do it’
‘Sometimes I’ll find glass stuck in my foot, but within a few days it usually just falls out. ‘I have stepped on dog poo before. If my feet get really dirty, I’ll ask someone to get me a bucket of water before I go inside, but I will try to find a puddle to clean my feet.’
George also went barefoot all of last winter, saying ‘The most surprising thing about feet is their ability to deal with temperature’
‘Sometimes I’ll find glass stuck in my foot, but within a few days it usually just falls out.
‘I have stepped on dog poo before. If my feet get really dirty, I’ll ask someone to get me a bucket of water before I go inside, but I will try to find a puddle to clean my feet.’
He also went barefoot all of last winter, saying ‘The most surprising thing about feet is their ability to deal with temperature.
‘In winter, it was a bit difficult at first because it was very cold and I had only started walking barefoot, and when it got cold and wet you really felt it.
‘But as with anything, after a while you just become used to it.’
And with Britons facing the hottest day in history today, he said he is unfazed by the potential scorching streets and will be heading out as normal.
George said ‘Because you get quite a thick sole, you don’t feel heat so much because it becomes like a protection or insulation. So I’m not worried.
‘It’s going to be very hot, but I will be going out as normal.’
George is currently focused on making a living from his feet, but he thinks his new lifestyle could help him find the right potential girlfriend – as well as warding off women who he wouldn’t be compatible with.
George interviews people barefoot for his channel and hopes to ‘normalise’ not wearing footwear at all
The influencer doing an interview on a river bank, prior to his shoe-less revelation
George pictured before throwing away the 20 pairs of shoes that he owned. George said he was on a hiking holiday when he had a brainwave and questioned why he was wearing shoes
George said his mum has been very supportive of his going barefoot ‘I spent 20 years wearing shoes, but it felt right.’
George in the days of shoes, pictured next to graffiti out and about. He was unhappy before going barefoot, but ditched his footwear, which included three pairs of trainers
The barefoot enthusiast said ‘I think being barefoot is a benefit in disguise, although I probably won’t appeal to the average girl who might think I’m a weirdo.
‘But those are people I wouldn’t want to spend time with anyways.
‘You meet more like-minded people. And you can attract more people who aren’t judgmental.’
George now has lots of dreams – to normalise going barefoot and much more.
He said ‘My primary motivation, alongside wanting to normalise barefooting, is I also want to make a lot of money.
‘I want to start a barefoot nightclub or strike a deal with councils to make parts of entire cities completely barefoot friendly.
‘And to do that I need money behind me. I think OnlyFans could help me, and eventually I want to hire a professional photographer to take pictures of my feet.’
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