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And to the overly literal, I don’t mean tithing or some religious-themed amusement park or you popping out that shiny quarter to cover your entry fee into the pearly gates.

Wood, whose pearly whites and “White Lotus” character were mocked, said in a since-expired Instagram story that she found the bit “mean and unfunny.”

While many species can regenerate their teeth, human beings only get one chance at growing a healthy set of adult pearly whites.

“For example, when you look at oyster shells, they have an iridescence of pearly green and blue, and that’s definitely from minerals like copper,” she says.

But the spermaceti is full of goo resembling the pearly hue of human sperm, and possesses oily properties that once led humans to hunt them to the brink of extinction.