Beware the big lobster dinner before a big show.

“Michael, I had the worst gas.

I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gonna poop my pants.’

Jesse Tyler Ferguson has a (gross) confession to make

Jesse Tyler Ferguson in 2024.Credit:Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagic

And I remember there was a point on stage.

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The five-time Emmy nominee explained that Saltzberg was known for making her costars laugh really hard.

He made the mistake of whispering to her that he really had to go to bathroom.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the cast of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2015

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and the cast of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2015.Monica Schipper/FilmMagic

You just got to let it out.

You just, she’s making me laugh,” Ferguson said.

“I basically fart on stage, and it’s so close to the audience.

Someone in the audience goes, ‘Ew.’

And so that makes Sarah start laughing.

She starts peeing herself.”

Of course, the unintentional gross-out performance did nothing to stop Ferguson’s Hollywood ascent.