Taylor Kitsch Confesses On-Air Pants Incident During Audition
Jaden Patel here, and yes, this is exactly what you’d expect from showbiz today: a Hollywood star recounting a wardrobe malfunction that happened below the belt.
Ah yes, another thrilling day in the human circus. Taylor Kitsch, the 44-year-old actor best known as Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights, stunned viewers Tuesday morning when he admitted on Today With Jenna & Friends that he once pooped his pants in the middle of an audition. The moment came during the show’s “Secrets” segment with hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Matt Rogers, where celebrities match bizarre personal anecdotes to their owners. When the skeleton labeled “I soiled my pants during an audition” showed up, Kitsch raised his hand as if it were any other day of polite confessions.
“I went to this coffee truck when we were shooting in L.A.,” he deadpanned, “and I was living out of my car, catching up on auditions, sometimes four in a day. I needed a strong coffee. I’m sitting in a waiting room, drinking it, and then—no joke—I crap myself.” The bathroom was conveniently close, but apparently not close enough. Kitsch grabbed his soiled underwear, tossed them in the trash, and soldiered on into the audition room—sans clean underwear—and predictably did not land the role.
He declined to name the pilot he auditioned for, only mentioning it was “a TV show of some sorts.” It’s safe to say Hollywood bounced right back, as Kitsch went on to headline Friday Night Lights from 2006 to 2011 alongside Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. He played the caramel-haired Dillon Panthers running back with the signature dusty helmet and southern drawl, becoming a small-town icon in living rooms across America.
These days, Kitsch is fronting the Prime Video thriller The Terminal List: Dark Wolf with Chris Pratt, Luke Hemsworth, and Tom Hopper. He admitted at Monday’s premiere that he has no plans to reprise Riggins in the upcoming Friday Night Lights reboot for Peacock, produced by original creators Jason Katims and Peter Berg. “Yeah, I’m not going back,” he told The Wrap, although he did leave the door slightly ajar for a cameo: “I’ll do one shot where Riggins yells at players from the sidelines, maybe ten seconds.”
Despite turning down a full return, Kitsch plans to be “first in line to watch” the new series about a Texas team chasing a championship after a catastrophic hurricane. He’s worked again with Peter Berg on the Western American Primeval and admitted to Access Hollywood he hasn’t even spoken to Chandler about the reboot. When asked if he might ever step back into those muddy cleats, he shrugged: “If Berg calls, I might consider it. It’d have to be out of control.”
From coffee-fueled mishaps in car living to tacky audition rooms, Taylor Kitsch’s journey is equal parts mortifying and inspiring. And let’s be honest, how many of us can say we’ve never had one of those days? Well, there you have it. Humanity at its finest.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and New York Post, Today With Jenna & Friends, The Wrap, Deadline, Access Hollywood
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