French film star Gerard Depardieu stood up and urinated in the aisle of a packed flight because the plane's toilets were closed.
The drunk 63-year-old actor called out 'I need to p***, I need to p***' as the flight from Paris to Dublin was preparing for take-off on Tuesday evening.
But cabin crew told him that because the plane was taxiing to the runway he would have to wait until they were airborne and the seat-belts signs had been turned off.
So instead, the star of Jean de Florette and Green Card stood up, unzipped his flies and relieved himself in the cabin - to the horror of fellow passengers.
The Air France flight - operated by Ireland's City Jet - then returned to the stand and was delayed for two hours while it was cleaned.
A shocked woman passenger told France's Europe 1 radio: 'Mr Depardieu who was clearly drunk called out to cabin crew repeatedly that he 'needed to p***' as the plane was heading to the runway.
'An air hostess told him he's had to wait 15 minutes until we were in the air and he could leave his seat.
'She told him there was nothing she could do until then and that he would have to hold it in.
'But he replied that he couldn't wait, then he just stood up and urinated on the floor.'
Air France refused to comment on the incident today.
And it was not clear if Depardieu was allowed to remain on the flight when it eventually took off.
The actor was voted France's third most irritating celebrity in a 2010 poll.
He came behind First Lady Carla Bruni and film star Alain Delon.
Depardieu himself admitted earlier this year that he could 'often behave like a complete a***hole' in public.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
FRANCE'S biggest film star Gerard Depardieu urinated in an aeroplane in front of fellow passengers after cabin crew refused to let him use the toilet.
The 62-year-old actor was caught short on a delayed flight from Paris to Dublin on Tuesday evening, but his demands to be allowed out of his seat fell on deaf ears according to another traveller speaking to French radio station Europe 1 on Wednesday morning.
"Je veux pisser, je veux pisser," implored Depardieu, according to Daniele, who was among the 127 passengers on board the Air France jet left reeling by the antics of the giant of the French screen.
"The attendant said 'I'm sorry, you'll have to wait fifteen minutes, [when] we'll be in flight. The toilets are locked'," Daniele added. Depardieu said he could not wait, unzipped his trousers and proceeded to urinate on the carpet.
"You could tell he'd been drinking," the disgusted passenger claimed.
The jet was forced to return to the gate and was delayed for a further two hours as ground crew cleaned up the mess.
Depardieu, arguably France's most celebrated living actor, has enjoyed a career spanning four decades and well over a hundred films. He is best known outside France for the film "Green Card," for which he won a Golden Globe best actor award.
Air France confirmed the incident took place in a statement to national TV station TF1, but said it was unclear what or whether action would be taken against the movie actor as the flight was operated by City Jet, a subsidiary of the national carrier based in Ireland.
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