Jason Segel’s mother briefly stormed out of the Forgetting Sarah Marshall premiere after seeing him give a full-frontal show on-screen.
Jason Segel did full-frontal nudity in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The 46-year-old actor thought it will be “one of many nice sensible jokes” to take a seat in between Jillian and pa Alvin as his composer alter ego Peter Bretter – recent out of the bathe – dropped his towel in shock after his titular girlfriend (Kristen Bell) dumps him within the opening scene of the 2008 comedy movie.
In an look on a current episode of the Sizzling Ones podcast, Jason informed host Sean Evans: “I believed it will be a extremely, actually nice – like one of many nice sensible jokes – to not inform my dad and mom that I did full-frontal nudity in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. After which take them to the premiere.
“This was like a extremely thrilling concept for me.
“And so we go to the premiere, and I had my dad on one aspect and my mother on the opposite as a result of I all the time sit in between them, and it is like 5 minutes into the film, my d*** comes out, and I am like, ‘Right here it comes.'”
Nonetheless, Jason’s prank backfired.
He continued: “And I turned to my mother anticipating her to be laughing hysterically, and her face is beet purple, and there is a tear coming down her face.”
Whispering, he added: “And I stated, ‘Are you OK?’ And she or he stated, ‘Why did not you inform me?’ And I stated, ‘I believed it will be a humorous joke.’ And she or he stated, ‘It is not a humorous joke.’
“And she or he bought up and left the theatre.”
Nonetheless, Jillian’s fast sprint was solely non permanent in order that she might course of simply what had occurred.
Jason continued: “After which she got here again in, and she or he’d, like, put herself collectively.”
When he, Jillian and Alvin got here dwelling, she wasted no time in warning the remainder of the household that Jason bares all in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Jason shared: “After which that evening, she despatched out an e-mail to your entire household that stated, ‘I wish to inform you that Jason has chosen to do full-frontal nudity in his latest movie. Nonetheless, I would wish to guarantee you that it isn’t gratuitous and [is] important to the plot.”
Elsewhere, Jason defended his option to do full-frontal nudity within the film for comedy impact.
In June 2025, he informed Vulture’s Good One podcast: “The factor in regards to the full-frontal nudity, it wasn’t simply, like, being an exhibitionist.
“It was that if the opening scene your male lead does full-frontal nudity, as a result of it hadn’t actually occurred at this level but, you are compelled to throw out your expectations.”
