Paul Rudd fainted in an airplane bathroom and woke up in the worst position imaginable

"As I was getting ready to go to the bathroom, I started feeling really dizzy."
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Paul Rudd fainted in an airplane bathroom and woke up in the worst position imaginable
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Paul Rudd may have the face of a man who hasn't aged a bit in three decades, but his body is just as human as yours or mine.

The Avengers: Endgame star told Jimmy Fallon about the time he fainted on a plane the first time he flew to Hong Kong. Rudd had two bowls of soup before going to the loo.

"As I was getting ready to go to the bathroom, I started feeling really dizzy. I remember there was a handle and I went to reach for it and I was like, 'woah' and then I just blacked out," explained Rudd.

"And the next thing I knew, somebody was banging on the door and my right arm was completely submerged in the toilet and my left hand was around my penis," he said.

Turns out Rudd was having an allergic reaction to MSG — monosodium glutamate, an ingredient in processed foods.

Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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