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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Woody Harrelson's "vegan farts" caused production to shut down on 'Cheers'

    The 63-year-old actor - who has followed a plant-based diet for over 30 years - can next be seen opposite Simu Liu in survival thriller 'Last Breath' and his podcast co-host Ted Danson was keen to ask the 'Barbie' actor about his experiences filming in close quarters with his pal because of the gassy problems he'd caused on the classic sitcom


    Appearing on Woody and Ted's podcast 'Where everybody Knows Your Name', Simu was asked by the 'Three Men and a Baby' actor: "Did you shoot in that chamber where you have to be onboard the ship - what is it called?"

    He clarified: "Yeah, the sat chamber."

    Woody interjected: "It wasn't an actual sat chamber. I mean, it was, but it wasn't."

    Ted then noted: "It was close quarters, though.

    "There's a reason why I bring this up. When I worked with Woody, it was a huge sound stage, but his vegetarian farts were so horrible that he would shut down production. I'm just wondering what happened with you."

    Woody said: "Excuse me, but it was 'vegan' farts."

    His 76-year-old pal quipped: "Vegan. Sorry, vegan, which gives it an actual pecan."

    Simu said: "They were vegan farts to be fair. You were really nice. I think you were really nice about it."

    Woody, 63, insisted there was a reason why he gave off so much gas.

    He said: "That was back when I didn't chew my food."

    The revelation can a few weeks after 'Men In Black' director Barry Sonnenfeld recently claimed the film's set had to be cleared for three hours after star Will Smith farted "so bad" while he and Tommy Lee Jones were "hermetically sealed" inside a pod.

    He told Kelly Ripa on her 'Let's Talk Off Camera' podcast: "They have to be put in this device, which is [a car] that transforms into a hyper car, and [they're] going to go through the Midtown tunnel upside down. We have to bring a ladder over on wheels like it's like the old days when you would get on airplanes from the tarmac. We get them up there and we put them in the thing and we turn it upside down and we're ready to shoot...

    "There are locks to prevent it from opening and falling.

    "I say, 'Roll camera,' and I hear Will Smith go, 'Oh Jesus, so sorry. Tommy, so sorry. Baz, get the ladder.' And you hear Tommy saying, 'That's fine, Will. No worries, Will. Don't worry, Will.' "

    Barry was initially clueless as to why the star was apologising.

    But then he added: "So we race the ladder over. Yeah, Tommy reaches his leg out as the ladder is coming over, races down the stairs. And what happened was, Will Smith is a farter. It's just some people are [farters]."

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