Chrissy Teigen is probably one of the Internet’s favorite celebrities to talk about.
Whether you love her or hate her, you can’t deny that her hilarious sass, big personality, and commitment to never taking anything lying down are all traits that make her fantastic for clickbait headlines and funny social media posts.
Chrissy first skyrocketed to fame after many years of impressive modeling gigs, when she was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2010.
Since then, she’s graced countless more magazine covers, has gone on to marry John Legend and inspire the song All Of Me (the music video of which she also features in), and is also now the co-host to comedy show Lip-Sync Battle.
With John Legend, Chrissy has had two children.
She is well-known for being very honest and transparent about the struggles she goes through, especially when it comes to motherhood and pregnancy.
Her eldest child, daughter Luna Simone Stephens, was born in 2016.
Shortly after giving birth to her, Chrissy developed postpartum depression and struggled with the issue.
Just a little over a year later, Chrissy became pregnant with her second child, son Miles Theodore Stephens.
She was nervous that she might face the same issues again, but then she found a way to possibly prevent any of this depression from happening again – and it’s one that has the Internet googling her name next to the word “placenta”.
And yes, it really is as weird as it sounds!
On CBS Sunday Morning, Chrissy revealed that she ate the placenta of her son Miles in order to prevent postpartum depression from happening.
She also talked about why she thought this worked as well as it did.
She says that, as ridiculous as it sounds, there are people who think that eating the placenta of your child can cause you to regain the nutrients that were lost during the pregnancy, so you don’t lose them suddenly right away when you give birth.
So Chrissy took dry pills made from her son’s placenta, which supposedly prevented her from losing all the energy and endorphins she lost with the birth.
She says it sort of helped her keep her energy up even after the delivery.
Jokingly, she says it has worked, and that she should have done it with her daughter, too!
Understandably, this was a little shocking to some audience member, and Sunday Morning host Rita Braver reminded her that she should probably avoid including any placenta-themed recipes in her future cookbooks.
Chrissy has published two cookbooks, titled “Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat” and “Cravings: Hungry For More”.
True to her personality, Chrissy’s response was to feign surprise, asking if this really wasn’t a normal thing.
She even joked that it was totally normal to eat placenta in Los Angeles and that it is even often grilled! Of course, that isn’t true… we hope.
We can’t tell you for sure if this is a huge placebo or if placentas actually help prevent postpartum depression on a scientific level.
Whatever the case, it worked for Chrissy, so strange as it sounds, who are we to judge?
