The actor and father of two experienced an unsettling health dilemma mid-flight to America, which resulted in an emergency operation on the plane

His operation took place mid-air while on the way to the US(Image: Youtube/Late Night with Seth Meyers)

Stephen Graham has opened up about the “scary” emergency operation he underwent while on a plane.

Appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Adolescence actor spoke of a medical emergency that took place the last time he touched down in the States. After the host asked about his previous traumatic flight, Stephen responded by saying it was “a hell of an experience”.

He elaborated: “Look, I’m of a certain age, you know what I mean? You’re a gentleman, like myself. I don’t know; once you get over like 45, you tend to go to the toilet quite a lot of times.” His storytelling made the crowd laugh and had viewers wondering where this story was going exactly.

Graham went on to explain how many people opt to have a catheter fitted, which is something he himself had opted for. Ultimately , it was supposed to aid him in his bathroom habits, and he explained that after “three to four months”, you should be experiencing “fewer trips to the toilet”.

Stephen recently starred in the hit Netflix show Adolescence (Image: Courtesy of Netflix)

Although the Netflix star found himself in a bit of an unusual situation on a flight 10,000 feet in the air when everything had been fine, right up until that point. He tells the late-night host about drinking water on the flight as usual, going to the toilet and suddenly not being able to pee.

“I’m like, Oh, this doesn’t feel right,” he told Myers. “I knew I had to, and then silly Stephen thought, ‘Oh, well, if I go back to my seat and I just keep drinking water, at some point it will happen.'” After going back to his seat and some time passing, he went back to the toilet and was shocked by what happened next.

Graham said: “long story short, all of a sudden I went, but it was just pure blood,” adding that it was “very scary”. He further explained that he couldn’t stop the sheer amount of blood and began to have a “slight panic attack”.

He admitted that the entire situation had made him quite emotional, but luck was on his side, as he remembers taking a selfie with a fan before the flight, who just happened to be a doctor.

He met the doctor before the flight, and remembered him (Image: Youtube/Late Night with Seth Meyers)

“He had another friend with him, who was a surgeon,” the actor explained. “So I’m there, and I explain. He’s like, ‘Ok,’ and the surgeon, Dr Haji, says, ‘We can work this out.'” The entire area he was in was sterilised, and a catheter was pulled out of an emergency box.

To put it bluntly, Graham said: “I drop my kecks, I get on the couch, and he performs a catheter operation there and then.” And, once it was over and done with, the adolescence star took a selfie with the doctors and crew on board to remember the moment.