Hugh Jackman Peed Himself On Stage In Production Of 'Beauty And The Beast'

Everyone has an embarrassing moment, even celebrities, but not everyone likes to share them -- and then there's Hugh Jackman. The "Real Steel" actor dropped by "The Rachael Ray" show to talk about his new film...and, oh yeah, that time he peed himself onstage.

Back in 1996, Jackman was Gaston in a production of "Beauty and the Beast" in Melbourne, Australia, and in an attempt to woo Belle, he had a most unfortunate accident.

"The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was Beauty and the Beast. I was playing Gaston," Jackman tells Rachael Ray in an upcoming interview airing Friday. "Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches everyday for two months. I went to an astropath [psychic] and he said 'Well, you're dehydrated.' So of course [following his advice] I had four liters of water."

We think we know where this is heading.

"I go down to the stage, getting ready for my first number…and I'm like I really need to go again. [The routine is] the most cardiovascular song I've ever done, literally I'm picking up Belle and as I pick her up, I stopped singing and right in that moment I realized the muscles you need to release in order to sing are the ones you do not want to release if you need to go," the "Real Steel" actor tells Ray.

For more with Hugh Jackman, click on over to Us Weekly.

Hugh Jackman's interview on "The Rachael Ray Show" airs Friday, Oct. 14 at 10 AM ET on ABC.

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Comments

[roscoewpa]

02:10 AM on 10/14/2011

Wow Whoppi and Jack will be doing the next incontience commerical together. I usually like to think things like this would be of a personal nature.

[AmazonVA]

11:34 AM on 10/13/2011

If it happens again, may I volunteer to change him?

[MightyAfrodite]

10:48 AM on 10/13/2011

Wow. Hugh is starting to look a little old around the eyes. Is he a drinker?

[chastjenn]

08:00 AM on 10/13/2011

'Hugh Jackman peed himself on stage'. Shouldn't it have been he 'peed on himself on stage'.

[ptrgamb]

03:58 AM on 10/13/2011

Was Belle affected adversely?

[xxflash6789xx]

10:20 PM on 10/12/2011

whats the big deal? I do it at least once a day myself

[zippertheslipper]

08:03 PM on 10/12/2011

That is all the more reason why I wear and trust my Depends. You do your business and keep on trucking,

[lobwedge39]

06:24 PM on 10/12/2011

Too much information, Hugh.

[itsbridj]

04:59 PM on 10/12/2011

yo. he was probably a GREAT gaston.

[abuckley23]

04:44 PM on 10/12/2011

Should he have worn boxer shorts instead? Or should he have worn jockeys? I guess it all 'Depends'...

[randallalbin]

04:06 PM on 10/12/2011

what qualifies this as news? incontinence is no laughing matter and is much more common and frequent than most people would think

[irrenmann]

10:23 PM on 10/12/2011

It's the Entertainment section, so a better question would be what qualifies it as entertainment. The answer is a famous entertainer telling a story that some would consider humorous, or at least puts himself in an unflattering light.

Now quit being pissy and go change your soggy diaper.

[Max Shaw]

03:06 PM on 10/12/2011

Buahahahaha, excellent...I think this dude has an excellent sense of humor, even if his acting is pretty weak.

[berg1928]

04:18 PM on 10/12/2011

After seeing him shirtless in "Australia", I didn't notice or care how he was acting.

[KarenInCheyenne]

05:54 PM on 10/12/2011

Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding! We have a winner!

[campari60]

08:48 PM on 10/12/2011

I heard that!

[msoverall]

02:59 PM on 10/12/2011

Hugh, dear, dear, fine Hugh. I think you're a great Dad , I've met you on the street and not only were you friendly, you were and are EXTREMELY HOT. This, I didn't need to know about you. TMI.

[ethiopia1a]

02:52 PM on 10/12/2011

TMI LOL but you gotta love a hot guy who can laugh at himself, thats sexy, not the peein part though lol

[gemini68]

04:59 PM on 10/12/2011

Agreed. He has a sense of humility which I love.

[DaniFoxy]

02:44 PM on 10/12/2011

Hugh Jackman is the one man that I would let pee on me.

[gemini68]

05:00 PM on 10/12/2011

Okay now THAT'S TMI- lol!