Andrew Scott is one of my favorites during awards season. He always looks like he’s having fun and I love his fashion. He’s also great at giving a good soundbyte, and during the SAG Awards red carpet this year, he did not disappoint. In an interview with Variety, Andrew shared a never-before heard behind-the-scenes story about his SAG Awards experience in 2020. While Laura Dern was giving her acceptance speech for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Marriage Story, Andrew was having a medical crisis. Poor Andrew had to pass a kidney stone, and the pain was so bad that he ended up being taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Andrew Scott is letting fans in on a secret he’s been keeping for five years.
The Ripley star, 48, walked the red carpet at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 23, where he reflected on his past experiences at the annual show. Speaking with Variety, Scott shared that he will never forget the 2020 ceremony — and the reason was shocking.
“I was beside Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] and Laura Dern had just won best supporting actress and we were standing up,” explained Scott, who was nominated for his role in Fleabag that night. “I don’t know if anyone has ever experienced having a kidney stone before, but it sends you — the pain is so immediate.”
Having had kidney stones before, Scott said he knew that he was experiencing a medical emergency. As Waller-Bridge brought him water and Dern was finished accepting her award for Marriage Story, Scott said he had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
“I was in the back [of the room]… writhing around in agony,” he recalled.
Despite the chaos, Scott said no one ever found out about the incident. He also declined to reveal where he left the kidney stone.
“That’s too much,” he laughed. “People don’t need to know about that. It was grisly.”
The actor did not take home any wins at this year’s SAG Awards, but he was nominated for outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series for his titular character in Ripley.
Poor Andrew, that sucks so badly. Talk about terrible timing. I cannot believe that we’re only just hearing about this now. Thank goodness that Phoebe was there to help him and that it was “only” a kidney stone and not anything worse. I know kidney stones are supposed to be comparable to giving birth and am grateful that I’ve never had one. It says a lot that someone was writhing around in pain in the back of a big awards show and an ambulance was called and it never once got out. There wasn’t even a whiff of a blind item or headline along the lines of, “An Ambulance Showed Up Outside of the Shrine Auditorium Last Night.”
I wonder who else knew about it or if Andrew ever told Laura what was going on while she was giving her acceptance speech. He also forever has a good icebreaker story now. “One time, I passed a kidney stone during a Laura Dern acceptance speech!” It also makes for a really good “Two Truths and a Lie” entry. Also, that question about where he left the stone? I assume (hope) that he left it at the hospital.
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Poor Andrew! Oh, I just love him. I’m going to see him on Broadway this spring in Vanya and I can’t wait. I like many discovered him as Hot Priest in Fleabag and then realized he was Moriarty in Sherlock and then discovered his theater background. Charming af, massively talented, down to earth and easy on the eyes. What more can you ask for?
Cillian Murphy and Andrew Scott are my favorite Irishmen. They are so talented. Love their work!
I have such a soft spot for him. He broke my heart in “All of Us Strangers” and I loved his interpretation of Ripley in contrast to the well-known movie with Matt Damon.
I have a condition where my body naturally makes kidney stones. I’ve had more than 100, and at least two dozen surgically removed (including while pregnant, wide awake with a spinal block, yikes). Everybody told me for years that it was comparable to giving birth. I delivered my son in 2022. I would happily choose labor and delivery over another kidney stone.
The wild part is just how intense it is out of nowhere. One minute you’re fine, the next you can be writhing in pain. I know it’s a bad one when I vomit just from the pain. Insane to me that he kept his composure!