As expected, there are now wildly differing rumours regarding Gerard Depardieu whipping out his snake on a plane (thank you @ShankillDublin) to empty his oui oui filled (kudos @elk) Gaulle bladder (and you too, @schwing) on a Dublin bound flight. He was due to film some scenes for the new Asterix and Obelix film, wouldn't you know.
Some aisle-side witnesses say he defiantly "stood up and did it on the floor... We could see he had been drinking. The stewardess was dumbfounded. No one said anything. It all happened with courtesy (hilarious). Depardieu sat back down, and the plane returned to the parking area to be cleaned." For over two hours.
While others are insinuating his desperate and covert encounter with a hastily employed plastic bottle went slightly awry. The Irish Sun reports: "A pal insisted last night that the actor tried to pee into a bottle. The friend claimed when some urine spilled onto the floor, Depardieu was 'mortified' and offered to clean it up himself."
Now, the latter is more in keeping with his Green Card character Georges, and perhaps even Cyrano De Bergerac, but the former scenario is more likely given he's French. It's OK, I work next door to a French man, he'll probably agree with me - before jovially parading around the office waving a miniature French flag, just like he did the morning after the Thierry Henry debacle...
One thing's for sure, City Jet are loving the pub(e)licity (apologies), what with them merrily tweeting: "We are busy mopping the floor. We'd also like to remind all passengers that our planes are fully equipped with toilet facilities."
