She showed off the jewelry during an episode of 'Call Her Daddy' on May 6
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NEED TO KNOW
- Kesha revealed on the Call Her Daddy podcast that she carries a piece of her placenta daily
- The singer’s mother preserved the placenta, believing it provides spiritual benefits like opening the third eye
- Kesha also collects teeth from loved ones and pets to create unique art and jewelry
Kesha has an unusual accessory that she carries with her daily.
The 39-year-old pop star got extremely candid on the Wednesday, May 6 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper. After discussing Kesha's affinity for collecting teeth and making jewelry out of them, Cooper asked her if the item she'd been carrying around was a tooth.
“Oh, no,” Kesha replied. “That's my placenta.”
The comment appeared to stun Cooper, who simply replied, “Wait, what?”
Kesha then searched around herself and couldn't find the item, declaring, “I lost my placenta on your couch.”
“Oh my God. Where is your placenta?” Cooper asked, concerned. “You were holding it. Maybe it went down into the crevices?”
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When they couldn't locate the item, Cooper continued to ask for clarification on the unique jewelry.
“So your placenta supposedly gives you second sight, helps open your third eye,” Kesha explained. “This is according to my mother. So she stuck it in the oven. She put it in a box, and she found it when I was like 21 years old in the basement.”
Kesha noted that doctors at the hospital where she was born tried to throw away her placenta, saying of her mom, “She fought for that, so now I carry it around.”
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“We found it,” Kesha said of the placenta that had been stored in her basement. “Throw it in the blender, pop it in a necklace. Work!”
Kesha showed off the placenta necklace on camera, which appeared to have been crafted into a gold heart-shaped pendant.
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As for why she carries the placenta with her, Kesha said, “I love a good ritual. Right? Like, I'm a cult leader… And I just, I love a ritual that reminds me of this, like, esoteric world I prefer to live in. Like down here on Earth, boring. But like, when I go up into, like, with my spirit guides and the whole realm of angels. Like, that's where I prefer to be. It's kind of fun.”
The “We R Who We R” singer added that she also collects teeth to make art and jewelry.
“It just reminds me when I have a little piece of the people I love,” she explained. “I've been collecting them for a while now… I have my cats had to get their little teeth taken out because they were I don't know. They're little kitty wisdom teeth. I collect those too. I'm like the tooth fairy.”
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