Mel Gibson’s lucky cow brain

Serial poker loser Mel Gibson has a new lucky charm, not a rabbit’s foot or a lucky coin but cow’s brain, the Brave Heart actor apparently baths in cow brains. Reportedly Gibson uses a smelly ointment made from cow’s brain before he plays poker as it “sharpens” his mind while playing with pals.

As part of an article for U.S. magazine Men’s Journal the movie star and his publicist Alan Nierob invited Up In The Air author Walter Kirn to join them for a game of cards, before the first hand was dealt Gibson insisted on smearing the goo all over his arms.

Gibson informed Kirn the substance, which is called Selegiline, actually helps to clean “the neurotransmitters,” however Gibson’s publicist does not believe the ointment works because “Gibson’s a ‘loser’ whose losses have helped put the publicist’s kids through college”.

Selegiline is an ointment that is normally used to treat Parkinson’s disease and also to alleviate depression.

Picture courtesy of DrBacchus

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