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The Wonder Years star revealed she was 'embarrassed' after realizing that she loved the .
McKellar, 51, candidly discussed her postpartum experience on The Bobby Bones Show podcast on Tuesday, as she compared her placenta to a 'filet mignon.'
'My doula said, "Do you want to taste the placenta?" I'd just given birth, and I'm like, "Sure." I mean, you’re not in your right mind,' she recalled.
'She gave me a piece of it. Bobby, it was like the best filet mignon that I have ever tasted. But more,' the former child star shared.
'I was embarrassed about how much I loved it. It was bizarre. I thought, "What is this, some sort of weird satanic… Am I a cannibal?" [But] we are meant to have that.'
The actress has one son, 15-year-old Draco, from her previous marriage to composer Mike Verta. Following their 2012 divorce, she wed attorney Scott Sveslosky in 2014.
The Wonder Years star Danica McKellar, 51, revealed she was 'embarrassed' after realizing that she loved the taste of her placenta; Pictured in 2024
The practice of ingesting placentas has become a growing trend among new mothers.
McKellar candidly discussed her postpartum experience on The Bobby Bones Show podcast, as she compared her placenta to 'the best filet mignon'; Seen in an Instagram snap
Kim Kardashian and Hilary Duff have both previously admitted to consuming the organ; (L) Kardashian pictured in 2018, (R) Duff pictured in 2019
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McKellar is mom to son Draco, 15, from her first marriage to composer Mike Verta; They're seen in snaps she shared on Instagram at Halloween
Following her 2012 divorce from Verta, she wed attorney Scott Sveslosky in 2014; Pictured with Sveslosky
The star found fame at 13 on the TV sitcom The Wonder Years where she starred opposite Fred Savage. The show ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993; Seen with Savage in a 1988 still
A number of women are turning to placenta encapsulation, during which the placenta is dried, powdered and placed into capsules.
