Matthew McConaughey to plant Levi’s placenta in orchard

Matthew McConaughey has come up with an unusual way to celebrate the birth of his son that he hopes will help the earth at the same time. The actor quirky kept the placenta from the July birth of his son Levi and plans to plant it in an orchard (fruit of his loins?). In an interview scheduled to air in two parts Aug. 9 and Aug 16, he tells CNN’s “House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, that he hopes it will fertilize the land, a ritual long followed in several cultures:

“It’s going to be in the orchards and it’s going to bear some wonderful fruit. When I was in Australia, they had a placenta tree that was on the river … and all the placentas of all that tribe, all that clan, whatever aboriginal tribe that was, all the placentas went under that one tree and it was this huge behemoth of just health and strength.

“This tree was just growing taller and stronger above the rest of Mother Nature around it. It was gorgeous.”

McConaughey and the mother of his child, girlfriend Camila Alves have already started integrating Levi, into their lives with the “sights and the sounds” of the world including a John Mellencamp concert. McConaughey says:

“You’re never told in our house, ‘Shh, Levi is sleeping.’ No. Get used to the ambiance. Come with us. That’s how I was raised.”

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