--- title: Lea Michele Peed Her Pants Before White House Performance description: To calm Lea Michele's nerves before her performance for President Obama, her BFF made her laugh so hard that she peed her pants. canonical: https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-30T16:44:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:07:56.144Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Lea Michele Peed Her Pants Before White House Performance og:description: The ‘Glee’ star Lea Michele told Chelsea Handler that she peed her pants before performing for President Obama. og:url: https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece6a81139c90c59/6986958a55a8595e4ba812aa/lea-michele-peed-pants.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lea Michele og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lea Michele Peed Her Pants Before White House Performance twitter:description: The ‘Glee’ star Lea Michele told Chelsea Handler that she peed her pants before performing for President Obama. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece6a81139c90c59/6986958a55a8595e4ba812aa/lea-michele-peed-pants.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lea Michele Had a Little Accident Before White House Performance by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 30, 2014 4:44 PM CUT  Actress Lea Michele signs copies of her new book "Brunette Ambition" at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on May 22, 2014 in Los Angeles. Actress Lea Michele signs copies of her new book "Brunette Ambition" at Barnes & Noble bookstore at The Grove on May 22, 2014 in Los Angeles.Jason Kempin—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 30, 2014 4:44 PM CUT _Glee_ star Lea Michele told Chelsea Handler that she peed her pants before performing for President Obama. Michele asked her best friend Jonathan Groff to calm her nerves before performing, and he did so by making her laugh. Unfortunately, she laughed so hard, she peed her pants. Later in the night, Michele stole toilette paper from the White House becuase it had an official seal on it. The performer has been also been keeping herself busy lately. Recently Michele came out with a new book entitled _Brunette Ambition_, and her new album _Louder_ debuted in the Billboard’s top 5. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/"},"headline":"Lea Michele Had a Little Accident Before White House Performance","datePublished":"2014-05-30T16:44:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:07:56.144Z","description":"Apparently the best way to calm your nerves is with laughter, and peeing your pants.","url":"https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece6a81139c90c59/6986958a55a8595e4ba812aa/lea-michele-peed-pants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltece6a81139c90c59/6986958a55a8595e4ba812aa/lea-michele-peed-pants.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lea Michele","caption":"Lea Michele","creditText":"Jason Kempin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2798442/lea-michele-white-house/","name":"Lea Michele Had a Little Accident Before White House Performance"}}]}] ```