Andy Cohen Recalls The Time Al Roker Pooped His Pants At The White House: “He Sharted”

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Andy Cohen will never let Al Roker live down the time he sharted at the White House.

While it’s been more than two decades since it happened, Cohen found a way to bring up the unfortunate situation on this morning’s episode of Sirius XM’s Andy Cohen Live.

Somehow — and we’re not exactly sure how — the act of “sharting” came up during Cohen’s conversation with co-host John Hill. The Bravo staple read Miriam Webster‘s definition of the word, which describes a shart as “an accidental expulsion of feces along with an expulsion of intestinal gas.”

He then quipped, “Mr. Roker, if you’re nasty.”

“He sharted,” Cohen clarified. “But why did that become national news that he sharted? I talked to him about it on Watch What Happens Live.

The duo quickly realized that Roker’s shart became breaking news because it happened at the White House.

“The Brown House. You don’t want to start at the White House,” Hill said, to which Cohen replied, “No, you really don’t.”

However, both men agreed that sharting at the White House might not be so bad, noting that there are likely “plenty” of wipes and private bathrooms to clean up after yourself.

“You can borrow some panties from the Lincoln bedroom,” Hill joked.

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The iconic Today weatherman first opened up about his accident in 2013 when he admitted that it happened shortly after he had gastric bypass surgery in 2002.

“When you have a bypass and your bowels [have] been reconstructed, you think you’re pretty safe. And I probably went off and ate something I wasn’t supposed to,” he said, per People. “And as I’m walking to the press room I gotta pass a little gas here. I’m walking by myself. Who’s gonna know? Only a little something extra came out.”

Roker added, “I pooped my pants. Not horribly, but enough that I knew.”

But the show must go on. Despite “panicking” after the incident, Roker said he went to the restroom, threw out his underwear and “went commando” the rest of the day.

Andy Cohen Live airs every week morning at 10/9c on Sirius XM’s Radio Andy.