Director jokes Will Smith’s flatulence brought about ‘Males in Black’ set to be evacuated for 3 hours

Will Smith as soon as brought about a stink on the set of “Males in Black,” in response to director Barry Sonnenfeld.

Throughout his guest appearance on the “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast with Kelly Ripa, the filmmaker joked about Smith being a “farter” when requested to disclose the “No. 1 loopy story” he skilled whereas engaged on the beloved franchise.

Sonnenfeld started telling a narrative about how Smith and co-star Tommy Lee Jones had been filming the long-lasting scene the place their automobile transforms right into a flying automobile, zipping via a New York Metropolis tunnel the other way up.

Shortly after the 2 actors had been positioned the other way up contained in the “hermetically sealed” chamber, Smith apparently alerted manufacturing that they wanted to cease.

“I say, ‘Roll digital camera,’ and I hear Will Smith go, ‘Oh, Jesus. So sorry, Tommy. So sorry, Baz. Get the ladder,’” recalled Sonnenfeld, who directed all three of the “Males in Black” motion pictures.

Jones then started assuring Smith, “No worries, Will. Don’t fear, Will.”

“Anyway, I don’t know what’s happening, so we race the ladder over. Tommy reaches his leg out because the ladder is coming over, races down the steps. And what occurred was, Will Smith is a farter. It’s simply, some persons are,” Sonnenfeld advised Ripa on the podcast.

“You actually don’t need to be inside a very small hermetically sealed area with a Will Smith fart. You don’t even need to be sitting subsequent to him on the Disney Ranch.”

Ripa then requested Sonnenfeld if the flatulence affected the remainder of the manufacturing, to which he joked about how they needed to pause filming as a result of stink.

“We evacuated the stage for about three hours,” she shared, laughing. “He’s a stunning man, simply, he farts.”

Smith has but to answer Sonnenfeld’s candid confessions.

A rep for the actor didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s request for remark.