Because sometimes a couple needs to branch out.

At a low point in the throes of his loneliness, he decides to have sex with a tree.

“I do make love to a tree,” Sarsgaard said on Tuesday’sLate Night with Seth Meyers.

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard

Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.Monica Schipper/Getty Images

“It builds up to it in a very natural way.

It totally makes sense… You feel for both of us.”

“I’ve been back up there doing my little chores and all of that,” Sarsgaard said.

Congrats, Peter, on turning over a new leaf.

you’re able to findHomemadeon Netflix and watch the clip above.

The Lost Daughterhits theaters Dec. 17 before arriving on Netflix.

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