The Pig

I was the release coordinator/APOC for a reality tv's aftershow. One of the cast members spent the whole season trying to find a pig to buy as a pet, but never found one. The producers decided it would be a brilliant idea to surprise him with one at the aftershow. I had to escort the pig and her two handlers into a room off the stage to keep her a "surprise". When I finally got the cue from the stage manager to get the pig ready, the pig got nervous and freaked out. It started squealing and making a ton of noise so the stage manager tried to call her on earlier. This made the pig even more nervous, causing her to poop as she walked up to the stage, leaving a trail of pig shit from her room all the way through the studio and the stage. (Did I mention that the stage was a bunch of sand?)

Once they wrapped shooting about 15 minutes later, I escorted the pig and her handlers out of the studio and then rounded up a couple of PAs. Between the three of us, we spent a good half hour cleaning up the pig shit. Later, when I went to watch the episode, the pig didn't even it make the final edit of the show.

Yup.