I’m no good at holding my bladder. I drink about a gallon of coffee a day, and so when it’s time to go, it’s time to go. Luckily, I don’t have a job that requires me to hold it too long, though. Jessica Simpson, on the other hand, has to perform on stage, where she got caught short and peed herself.
She’s not the first to do it, and she certainly won’t be the last. As she was performing her medley of songs for NBC’s Today show, her bladder got the better of her. Unable to rush off, Jessica Simpson peed herself on stage instead. That’s the mark of a true showman.
On stage, you would never have been able to tell that she had let a little pee slip. But once she got backstage, she spilled the beans to the crew. Unable to hold it, or maybe just hitting a really high note, she had wet her pants.
She’s Not Alone
Many artists are on stage for upwards of three hours. Anyone would be hard-pressed to hold a pee that long. Being hydrated is important for the vocal cords, and essential if they’re dancing around a stage. So, there is a solution.
In some cases, artists have admitted that, akin to Jessica Simpson, they have peed on stage. Pattie Labelle, Fergie, Joe Jonas, Ed Sheeran, and Hugh Jackman have all admitted to taking a toilet break mid-stage performance.
But there is also a saving grace attached to a stage. Usually, under a stage, there is a tiny changing room, designed for quick outfit changes. In here, there isn’t a toilet, but there is a bucket designed for those toilet emergencies. Numerous artists have admitted to doing more than just a pee in those.
In typical Kelly Clarkson fashion, he told all on her show. “I got some kind of wrecked up from some kind of food. We were in an arena – and I shouldn’t tell this story, but like I said, my man, I don’t have a filter. I had to run backstage to my quick-change. I grabbed this poor trash can, and boy, I destroyed it. It was bad.”
I feel terrible for whichever stagehand had to clean that mess.