08 November 2023 , 17:26
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During a discussion on parents keeping hold of something that will them of their child from when they were young, Loose Women panelist Judi Love left her co-stars and viewers in shock as she recalled the moment she nearly ate placenta fried rice.
The 43 year old presenter said she has been left traumatised with the memory of having nearly ate her friend's post birth. The mother of two had attended a christening and started tucking into a buffet spread which included a "special rice" which "everyone was talking about." Preempting where Judi was about to take the story, Kaye Adams jumped in and said: "I’m feeling nervous." Judi continued to tell the story.
Judi Love recalls traumatising encounter with placentaShe added: "I shared out a bit of the rice and my friend next to me went 'Judi' I said 'what' and she was like 'It’s placenta in there. Yeah." Judi's story generated gasps of shock from both the audience members and the panel. Katie Piper then asked if it was "good for the skin", to which Judi responded: "I don’t know, it just wasn’t for me." It is known that some people eat their own placenta following the birth of their child as it's believed to have benefits for breast milk, energy levels and even skin quality.
Unable to fully digest Judi's story, Stacey Solomon asked if the rice had a label - identifying that it was made with the mother's placenta. But Judi said that it was missing. She continued: "Maybe I was just being craven and I saw the buffet food and just thought 'here we go baby, take that' – and I was going to eat placenta rice."
Making the situation worse Kaye shouted out: "Is that not cannibalism!" Hysterically laughing, the former Strictly star said: "I don’t know what it is but I’m not here for it. Each to their own but if you’re going to share out placenta fried rice then please can you let people know." Last month, it was revealed that Judi was set to host the 2023 Ethnicity Awards, which will be her second stint at hosting the glamorous award show.
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Judi follows in the steps of celebrities including Alex Scott, Marvin Humes and her Loose Women co-star Charlene White, who have all previously hosted Britain's biggest Black, Asian and minority red carpet extravaganza. Speaking about the shocking misogynoir black women and girls face she told The Mirror: "There wasn’t any (misogynoir in regards to dating discussed) in the documentary but there has been stuff mentioned from some of the young girls speaking [on the documentary] who talked about how the pressure on Black women to feel a certain way."
She added: "Because Western society has Eurocentric ideas about what is beautiful and and that means Black girls have to go above and beyond to feel and look pretty - the expectations would be so much higher."But what we’ve clarified is that as a Black woman you are beautiful in your natural skin as yourself."