‘Bridgerton’ Star Cracks Dirty Joke So Clever, It Took Stephen Colbert A Moment To Get It
Dearest gentle reader, the internet is abuzz thanks to a certain lady’s foul mouth.
Last Friday, Claudia Jessie, who plays the rebellious Eloise on the hit Netflix series “Bridgerton ,” decided to share an absolutely bonkers story on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ” about why her character ended up wearing a ridiculous outfit in the show’s third season.
She topped off the wild anecdote off with a dirty joke that seemed to initially throw off the late night host.
Jessie began her tale after Colbert asked her if filming the third season of the show was “easy” because she’s been a main character of the show since Season 1. In response to his question, Jessie implied that it wasn’t because she endured an injury on set.
“I actually broke my wrist during Season 3,” Jessie revealed. “I’m an idiot, it’s my own fault.”
Jessie explained the incident occurred at around 8 a.m. before shooting even began for the day, and everyone on set was in a very “good mood.”
“So to celebrate everybody’s good move I did a high kick — a celebratory high kick,” she said.
But Jessie was already in costume, and her gown’s skirt was more confining than she thought.
“So when I put my leg up, it was restricted immediately, and I went back,” she said.
“Oh, because the bottom of the skirt took your legs out?” Colbert asked.
“You better believe it,” Jessie confirmed.
Jessie said as she was falling, she locked eyes with one of her “Bridgerton” co-stars “all the way down” with an expression on her face that screamed, “Oh no.”
Jessie landed on her wrist, and saw that everyone from the cast was laughing — which she was happy about, because she “would have hated silence.” But she quickly realized that her fall was a little more serious than