Gerard Depardieu Plane Pal: Bottle I Gave Him Was Too Small For Pee

Edouard Baer Gerard Depardieu

12:31 pm, August 18th, 2011

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PEEGATE

Gerard Depardieu‘s travel companion Edouard Baer is spilling details about the actor’s public plane peeing.

On Tuesday night, the French star delayed a Paris-to-Dublin flight on the tarmac for two hours after he urinated on the CityJet cabin’s carpet.

The incident has been, um, pure gold for commentators.

In an interview with Europe 1 Radio, Baer explains what happened.

“Gerard Depardieu wanted to go to the lavatory. He was barred access. We were not far from taking off, so he urinated in front of everyone,” Baer is quoted as saying.

“I passed him a small bottle. He couldn’t wait, so I found this solution. I had a little Evian bottle with me, only it was too small so it overflowed,” continues Depardieu’s pee pal.

“It was naturally very embarrassing and humiliating for him,” explains Baer, who adds, “He didn’t do any grand gestures and shout: ‘I’m going to piss.’ Whatever the larger-than-life nature of my friend Gerard, no one is that crazy.”

Indeed.

So what started all of this in the first place?

“No one is flattered to have a dodgy prostate and be obliged to urinate,” explains Baer. “But [the hostess] panicked and said the plane must stay on the tarmac… [She] was doubtless applying the rules, but it’s only human… Are you supposed to pee your pants because of security rules?”

We agree: Peeing your pants is never a good idea.

But next time, we hope Baer brings Depardieu a bigger bottle.

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