A delay of game penalty was award to French actor Gerard Depardieu for his contribution to delaying a Paris to Dublin flight by two hours. Just minutes before the plane was scheduled to take off, the apparently drunk Gerard Depardieu announced loudly that he needed to piss. Two times in fact. The bossy stewardesses who are responsible for ensuring that all of the passengers are safe during take off--even the drunk, disorderly, and famous ones--attempted to force the star of Green Card to remain seated.
When a man has to go he has to go. I’m not sure if Gerard Depardieu had already broken the seal or not, but he really had to pee and didn’t listen to the stewardesses’ requests. He refused to remain seated, which is what makes this story so absolutely fantabulous. According to THIS, a passenger seated near the popular and critically acclaimed French actor later reported that, “he stood up and did it (urinated) on the ground.”
You might guess that that big of a star would get away with something like that, but you would be absolutely wrong. Gerard Depardieu did not get special treatment because of his celebrity and was in fact escorted off the plane for his rather atrocious behavior. Thus far, there hasn’t been an official response from Gerard Depardieu or his publicist about the actor’s actions on the plane.
As bad as Gerard Depardieu’s actions once were, THIS STORY about the man who actually urinated on a woman during a flight instead of just on the floor is slightly more disturbing. The man actually stood up to urinate on the woman during the in-flight movie. She tried to push him out of her way, but he kept on peeing. I’m not sure whether it’s worse that he peed on her in the first place or that he kept on peeing on her or that he ruined the in-flight movie for everyone else.
Had either Gerard Depardieu or the other peeing passenger taken advantage of these pee receptacles described on THIS WEBSITE, they might not have had so many problems on each of their respective flights. Anyone planning a trip with a weak bladder should consider investing in either the TravelJohn, the GoGirl, or the Urinelle.
The moral of this story is: Go to the bathroom before you get on the plane. Or come prepared with a secret receptacle. Just in case.