Carnie Wilson peed in her seat when she saw the end of Bridesmaids

Publish date: 2024-05-02

When the members of Wilson Phillips sat down to watch “Bridesmaids” in 2011, they had little idea what to expect, other than the fact that they were in it.

During the film’s production, the pop-vocal trio were invited to make a cameo appearance in the Judd Apatow co-produced smash, but were given no details about the script. “We just showed up, sang ‘Hold On’ about 100 times, and that was it,” Wendy Wilson (daughter of Beach Boy Brian Wilson) tells The Post. They only saw the finished product at the theater with everyone else. “I saw it with my sister [and fellow Wilson Phillips member] Carnie, and she laughed so hard she urinated on the seat!”

The movie went on to make almost $300 million at the box office worldwide, but the brief appearance also led directly to a Wilson Phillips revival, which continues Thursday when they play the Highline Ballroom. Astonishingly, it’s their first New York show ever.

Wendy (46), Carnie (47) and Chynna Phillips (47, and the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas) all shot to fame instantly in 1990 when they hit No.1 on the Billboard chart with “Hold On.” Although “Bridesmaids” and the current Progressive Insurance commercial frames “Hold On” in a lighthearted way, the song was originally inspired by Phillips’ drug and alcohol addiction in the late ’80s.

“She was in a dark place then,” admits Wendy, who adds that the comedy value of watching Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph mime “Hold On” in the movie is just part of the song’s enduring appeal.

“People come to us all the time and say ‘Hold On’ helped them through a death in the family or a divorce,” she says. “Some people have even been suicidal and found the will to go on through that song.”

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