French Actor Gerard Depardieu Pees on Plane: So Low or When Ya Gotta Go...?
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2011/08/18 17:00:00
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Oscar-nominated actor Gerard Depardieu is not having a great week.
The 62-year-old French actor reportedly stood up on an airplane 15 minutes before take-off claiming he really, really needed to pee. Standard procedure states passengers cannot use the restrooms until the plane has reached a certain altitude.
Now here's where the story gets sticky. (Pun definitely intended.)
According to some sources, an inebriated Depardieu did what any self-respecting man would do in his position -- he urinated right then and there. Some say it was in the aisle, some say it was right where he stood; but the "Cyrano de Bergerac" star told a very different story.
An unnamed passenger who witnessed the event told Europe 1 radio, "He stood up and did it on the floor. We could see he had been drinking. The stewardess was dumbfounded. No one said anything. It all happened with courtesy. Mr Depardieu sat back down and the plane returned to the parking area to be cleaned."
However, according to his own sources, Depardieu was not drunk and did not urinate on the floor. They say he tried to be cordial with the flight attendants and wait for the restrooms to open, but when the plane was delayed an additional 20 minutes he just couldn't take it anymore and tried to "discreetly" urinate into an empty bottle, offered by a fellow passenger.
According to his friends, the red flag was raised when he spilled some onto the floor, which he offered to clean.
They say he was "mortified."
Depardieu does have a bit of a reputation, including a drunk driving charge in 1990, but we want to believe his side of the story. No one likes to see a well-loved man urinating on the floor.
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The 62-year-old French actor reportedly stood up on an airplane 15 minutes before take-off claiming he really, really needed to pee. Standard procedure states passengers cannot use the restrooms until the plane has reached a certain altitude.
Now here's where the story gets sticky. (Pun definitely intended.)
According to some sources, an inebriated Depardieu did what any self-respecting man would do in his position -- he urinated right then and there. Some say it was in the aisle, some say it was right where he stood; but the "Cyrano de Bergerac" star told a very different story.
An unnamed passenger who witnessed the event told Europe 1 radio, "He stood up and did it on the floor. We could see he had been drinking. The stewardess was dumbfounded. No one said anything. It all happened with courtesy. Mr Depardieu sat back down and the plane returned to the parking area to be cleaned."
However, according to his own sources, Depardieu was not drunk and did not urinate on the floor. They say he tried to be cordial with the flight attendants and wait for the restrooms to open, but when the plane was delayed an additional 20 minutes he just couldn't take it anymore and tried to "discreetly" urinate into an empty bottle, offered by a fellow passenger.
According to his friends, the red flag was raised when he spilled some onto the floor, which he offered to clean.
They say he was "mortified."
Depardieu does have a bit of a reputation, including a drunk driving charge in 1990, but we want to believe his side of the story. No one likes to see a well-loved man urinating on the floor.
Check back on Friday for the results of this question and a few others in our new Web series with Spike.com. And while you're at it, watch Spike's first Poll Position episode -- powered by SodaHead!
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When ya gotta go...
+16The last scenario sounds far more plausible to me. I can only speculate on what actually happened, but having to urinate into a bottle in front of everyone sounds about as dehumanizing as the rest of the commercial flight experience. Afterwards they could arrest him for having liquids in a container and put him on a no-flight terror watch list. Enjoy your flight!
He's French. Wadda ya gonna do?
He wets 'em.
Then they turn the plane around losing whatever time gained by not allowing the humiliated man to relieve himself. Ultimately, we have Anderson Cooper laughing like a first grade child on CNN as he attempts to report the story to the entire world. Was this important in the overall scheme of things? Has the world has gone completely mad?
(Fergie of The Pink Eye Pees.)