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Hugh Jackman appeared on The Howard Stern Show to discuss his new movie, Song Sung Blue
When Stern asked the actor about wetting himself onstage, Jackman confirmed that it happened in an early performance of Beauty and the Beast
Jackman's funny story ended with soaked red tights: "Nothing can embarrass you after that"
Hugh Jackmanis recalling a hilariously unfortunate incident in his career.
Appearing recently on SiriusXM'sThe Howard Stern Show, Jackman, 57, laughed when it became clear the show'shosthad done his research. "Didn't you piss your pants," asked Stern, 71, "on stage?"
"Morning, everybody!" quipped Jackman, confirming that early in his career he starred as Gaston in a stage production ofBeauty and the Beast. After a naturopath suggested he was dehydrated, he prepared for an early show by guzzling "two gallons" of water beforehand.
"You can see what's happening," theSong Sung Bluestar continued. During Gaston's first song while picking up the actress playing Belle, "a little bit of piss came out. I'm wearing red tights. I thought, 'uh-oh.'"
Reaching the song's big climax, said Jackman, "I had a choice: You sing that F. I either sing it and piss my pants or I don't sing it and humiliate myself. So, I sang it. And [the urination] was just going."
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He "turned upstage" upon ending the number, he recalled, to hide the evidence. "I'm laughing to myself thinking my boot is filled with piss, both boots filled with piss. And somehow I'm on stage, 1500 people, 'Well, I'm getting away with this.'"
But hisBeauty and the Beastdresser, just offstage, knew better. "She's looking at my crotch. And I look down as I walk off and it's completely wet. So in that three minutes after the song, it had seeped through."
As Jackman concluded, "Nothing can embarrass you after that."
Aside from wetting his pants, Jackman's conversation with Stern covered therapy, industry awards and working with the Golden Globe-nominatedKate Hudson. The two costar inSong Sung Blue, director Craig Brewer's biopic about Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Mike and Claire Sardina, who in the 1980s formedNeil Diamondtribute band Lightning and Thunder.
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"I'm really proud of it," Jackman told Stern of the biopic. "And when I look at the screen and I see my performance, I'm like, 'That's one of the better things I've done.'"
Song Sung Blueis in theaters on Dec. 25. Among the Australian star's other upcoming projects areThree Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie(in theaters May 8, 2026) andThe Death of Robin Hood(in theaters June 4, 2026).
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