Depardieu caught short

FRENCH film actor Gerard Depardieu was caught short on a flight to Dublin from Paris and chose not to bother going to the toilet before relieving himself.

“I will only confirm that he, in effect, urinated in the plane,” a CityJet spokeswoman said.

A passenger said the 62-year-old was drunk and tried to stand up before take-off, declaring: “I want to piss, I want to piss.”

He told a stewardess he could not wait the 15 minutes for the jet to reach cruising altitude, he said .

“And there and then he stood up and did it on the floor,” the passenger said.