Gerard Depardieu 'sorry' to have urinated on plane carpet

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Gerard Depardieu's entourage has said he tried to urinate into a bottle "as discreetly as possible" while on a flight, and said he was "sorry" to have spilt some on the plane's carpet.

The French actor was caught short on a Paris to Dublin flight after the seat belt sign had been switched on for take-off. With the lavatories closed, the 62-year-old called out "I need to piss, I need to piss". But the cabin crew said no.

So the corpulent star of Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean de Florette and Green Card decides to take matters into his own hands. It is understood the movie star got out of his seat and tried to relieve himself into an empty bottle at the back of the plane but also peed on the floor.

While the scene may have brought the house down in French cinema theatres, the real-life incident failed to raise a laugh on Tuesday from irate passengers of the Dublin-based City Jet airline; they were told Mr Depardieu's antics meant the plane would be grounded for two hours while staff cleaned the carpet.

The French star, who was travelling with two companions, was thrown off the flight with his luggage and told to book another one.

Friends of the actor said he was “completely sober” but desperate to relieve himself. At first he was told he had 15 minutes to wait, but then due to congestion on the runway, he was informed he would have to endure another 20 minutes, they said.

Given his “irrepressible need”, his two travel companions, including the French actor Edouard Baer, offered him an empty bottle as a last resort.

They said he had no choice but to use it, but that he did it “without any provocation and after making sure he wasn’t seen”.

A little urine was spilt on the floor, which the actor offered to clean up himself, saying he was “sorry” for the inconvenience caused, they said.

“No proceedings or fine were signalled to him and he had the feeling the misunderstanding and the inflexible attitude of the hostess were understood by his interlocutors,” they said.

An outraged female passenger told France's Europe 1 radio: "Mr Depardieu got up, calling out 'I need to piss, I need to piss'" as the plane was heading to the runway.

"The air hostess replied: 'I am sorry, you'll have to wait 15 minutes until we are in the air, everyone is strapped in, the lavatories are shut, I can do nothing for you.'

"He said: 'No, I cannot wait.' He got up, and did it on the ground.

"The hostess was shocked, but nothing was said –everything was done courteously."

"Mr Depardieu sat down again, and we went back to the plane parking space."

The passengers said she was "outraged" by an actor who "thinks he is not like others, that he has to abide by their rules. He could've waited a couple of minutes."

City Jet confirmed that an incident took place but declined to name the individual involved.

On Twitter, CityJet chose to see the funny side of the incident.

"As you may have seen on the news, we are busy mopping the floor of one of our planes this morning...," read a first message.

A second read: "We'd also like to remind all passengers that our planes are fully equipped with toilet facilities..."

Mr Depardieu's agent said he declined to comment on the incident.

This is by no means the famously tempestuous food and wine-loving star's first brush with controversy.

In 2005, he smoked on a Jonathan Ross chat show on BBC ONE, and branded his fellow countrymen a bunch of "cretins". Later that year he knocked out a paparazzo with a headbutt after he photographed him with a female companion.