Depardieu apologizes for relieving self on plane

French actor Gerard Depardieu is apparently contrite that he urinated outside of the bathroom on a flight to Ireland.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu has apologized for urinating on an airplane earlier this week.

Fellow actor Edouard Baer — who was traveling with him during the incident — spoke to the French press on Depardieu's behalf.

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"Gerard was upset at this and offered to clean up the mess," Edouard said in a statement, via the BBC.

"He has prostate problems and it was very worrying and humiliating for him," the statement continued. "He was also stone-cold sober at the time. This is not the way he usually behaves."

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The actors were on their way to Dublin to film "Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia."

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, a passenger on the Cityjet flight from Paris to Dublin contacted France’s Europe-1 radio and claimed the French actor appeared inebriated and told flight attendants he needed to use the restroom.

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When Depardieu was told he would he have to wait until the flight took off, he reportedly relieved himself and delayed the flight over two hours.