Calvin Harris Shares Wife’s Placenta Photos, Dividing Global Audience

Calvin Harris and his wife Vick Hope recently welcomed their son Micah through a home water birth, which Harris shared on Instagram along with detailed photos of the placenta. The post, showing the placenta with the umbilical cord shaped into a heart and its transformation into capsules, sparked mixed reactions from fans and the public. While some praised the couple for normalizing home birth and placentophagy, others expressed discomfort and criticized the lack of a warning before the graphic images. The placenta, an organ that nourishes the fetus during pregnancy, is sometimes consumed postpartum for perceived benefits, though scientific evidence is lacking. Instagram even applied an age restriction to the post due to the graphic nature of the placenta photo. The controversy highlights ongoing societal taboos around childbirth and women's bodies, with many viewers unfamiliar with the placenta's role and function.