The 'Mildred Pierce' actress recalls an incident where she almost embarrassed herself in front live audience while performing in the nude in a Manchester theater.
- Dec 12, 2022
AceShowbiz - Kate Winslet almost pooped while on stage. While performing in the nude at the Manchester theatre The Royal Exchange as an up-and-coming actress, the "Avatar: The Way of Water" star nearly soiled herself.
"I nearly did a poo on stage once..I'm just sitting here realising that you're now gonna make me tell that story," she revealed.
She continued, "When I was 18 years old, I was in a production of 'What the Butler Saw' in Manchester. I played a character called Geraldine, who is applying for the job of the doctor's secretary. And he [the doctor] says 'well let me see, I need to give you a full body examination please strip.' "
Kate detailed that due to the round stage - where patrons sat around - at the iconic venue she could not got to the rear of the stage to derobe.
She said, "So, I go behind the curtain and I do what I've done for nights on end. I have to then lie on this bed and I lie there really awkwardly and uncomfortably and suddenly.... it's happening, it's happening, i'm gonna s*** myself and i'm lying on a white sheet, naked on a stage.
"So I'm like oh my god it's happening now, it's happened. I'm convinced i've totally s*** myself. So i'm like "what am I gonna do?" Because now I need to get up from behind the curtain and look for all my clothes and I'm like 'I've done a f****** poo.'"
The Academy Award winner stood up as she gave a dramatic rendition of being "absolutely convinced" she had an accident. Kate said on "The Graham Norton Show", "And I'm still thinking, 'Happening, happening' while standing in front of an audience who can see my from every f****** angle."
"I'm absolutely just convinced that if I move my body, there's gonna be poo on the floor. Honestly, I practically shiver off the stage and I hide in a corner and then I thought 'I've gotta check the sheet'."
Curious fellow guest Nadiya Hussein then asked, "Did you s*** yourself or not?" Kate revealed she had not indeed had an accident but compared what happened when she reached the facilities as "like gunfire."
She said, "Ladies and gentleman, I had not actually done a poo but the second I got into my dressing room and ran to that bathroom, it was like gunfire."
