Hugh Jackman once wet himself on stage

Hugh Jackman once secretly wet himself on stage during Beauty and the Beast.

The 57-year-old star - who is known for his prolific career on stage and screen - has recalled the mortifying moment he lost control of his bladder while playing Gaston and belting out the song Me.

Appearing on Howard Stern's Sirius XM show this week, Hugh revealed he was suffering with persistent headaches at the time, and sought advice from a naturopath.

The actor revealed: "He said, you're dehydrated. You gotta drink a lot, you gotta drink a lot of water, drink it before five o'clock, like two litres of water.

"So that first day I drank two gallons because I'm like - and you're nuts. You can see what's happening.

"The first song I sing, 'You've been dreaming just one dream', is very, it was so hard to get through. I had to pick her up, I had to drag her around, I had to sing

"As I picked Belle up, a little bit of p*** came out and I'm wearing red tights. And then I thought, uh oh."

As the song built to its crescendo, Hugh found himself facing an incredibly difficult decision to make.

He said: "At the end of the song, I had a choice. You sing that F sharp and I either sing it, p*** my pants, or I don't sing it and humiliate myself.

"So I sang it and it was just going, it was just going the whole way. "