Bryce Dallas Howard Explains Her Messy "Crotch Sweat" Situation on 'The Help' Set to Jay Leno

By:OK! Staff

Aug. 9 2011, Published 6:38 a.m. ET

Bryce Dallas Howard needed a bit of help while she working on the set of her new movie, The Help, in Mississippi. The weather was so hot that Bryce had a a "crotch sweat" situation that she wasn't too shy to explain to Jay Leno last night!

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"There was one day in particular... in the shade it was 108 degrees and it was unbelievably humid," Bryce explained on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. "We did about four of these takes and all of the sudden I hear this whispering behind the monitor."

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The director, visual team, costume department and all of the producers told Bryce they needed to talk to her about a situation they were trying to figure out.

"I was wearing silk pants ... I had so much crotch sweat, it looked like I had peed myself and took a huge crap," she revealed to an embarrassed Jay. "I felt that it was really important to preserve the integrity of the heat and keep the crotch sweat in the movie."