Dax Shepard is willing to donate his brain to science if his kids allow.
Shepard, 50, made the bizarre admission on Armchair Expert, where neuroscientist Christopher Nowinski spoke at length about chronic traumatic encephalopathy—a “progressive degenerative” brain disease that affects people who have suffered repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries.
“Part of my gimmick is I ask everybody… have you ever considered donating your brain?” the guest said in the recent episode, then asking hosts Shepard and Monica Padma the same.
“I’d be happy to. I really don’t care what happens to my body afterwards,” Shepard replied.
Padman also agreed, adding “[If] my brain could be of any help. Why not?”
Shepard reiterated “I’m delighted to donate my brain. Do I have to officially go to a website or something?”
Shepard, who shares daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 9, with wife Kristen Bell, then added he had to make sure his family didn’t have any reservations.
“[I have to] double-check my children have no plans for my brain. Once they sign off on it—”
Nowinski then replied that “most people say “Let me check with the wife,’ and then they never get back to you.“
However, Shepard joked that his wife would certainly let him pursue the plan. “My wife is like, ‘Get this — get that f****** brain out of here,’“ Shepard said with a laugh.
