{"id":2366943,"date":"2026-04-10T11:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2366943"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:28:22","slug":"bryan-cranston-reveals-he-was-stung-on-his-scrotum-after-being-covered-in-60000-bees-for-malcolm-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bryan-cranston-reveals-he-was-stung-on-his-scrotum-after-being-covered-in-60000-bees-for-malcolm-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Cranston Reveals He Was Stung on His Scrotum After Being Covered in 60,000 Bees for \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryan Cranston looked back on the time he was covered in bees when filming <em>Malcolm in the Middle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor told Stephen Colbert on <em>The Late Show<\/em> that he was covered in 60,000 bees for a classic season 1 scene and ended up getting stung in an intimate area<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cranston reprises his role of Hal on the revival show <em>Malcolm in the Middle: Life&#8217;s Still Unfair<\/em>, which premieres on Friday, April 10 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/bryan-cranston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bryan Cranston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bryan Cranston&quot;}\">Bryan Cranston<\/a> has revealed that he was stung by a bee in a rather delicate area while filming a classic <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/where-does-malcolm-in-the-middle-actually-take-place-exclusive-11945981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Malcolm in the Middle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Malcolm in the Middle&quot;}\"><em>Malcolm in the Middle<\/em><\/a> episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 70-year-old, who played patriarch Hal on the sitcom, was on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1u8ZcbOvGec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Late Show with Stephen Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&quot;}\"><em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/a> on Wednesday, April 8, to discuss the Hulu revival <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-malcolm-in-the-middle-revival-11925456\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Malcolm in the Middle&quot;}\"><em>Malcolm in the Middle: Life&#8217;s Still Unfair<\/em><\/a> when he looked back on the original show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert on &#8216;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8217; on Wednesday, April 8<br \/>Credit: Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one of the season 1 episodes, Cranston&#8217;s character was covered in bees by Malcolm and his friends, and he confirmed to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colbert;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Colbert&quot;}\">Colbert<\/a>, 61, that they were indeed real bees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I had 60,000 bees on me and I was stung twice,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;And a couple things that you realize when you&#8217;re wearing 60,000 bees, you should not be surprised if you get stung.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Bryan Cranston covered in bees as Hal in 'Malcolm in the Middle' season 1Credit: Fox\/Disney\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/qJsbGtiYoJReG4PpwnIVDQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/0ad0dff93842da369dedd19f6e35cda0\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity 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went, &#8216;Oh, I think I got stung.&#8217; And the bee wrangler said he&#8217;s ready to scrape it off, right? He goes, &#8216;Where is it?&#8217; And I go, &#8216;On my scrotum.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After laughter from Colbert and the audience, Cranston revealed that the bee wrangler told him, &#8220;You&#8217;re on your own. I&#8217;m not going to help you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> star also explained how they got the bees on him in the first place. They took pheromones from the queen bee and put them all over him, aside from his face, which had insect repellent on it instead to keep them away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cranston, alongside his co-star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jane-kaczmarek-reveals-how-newlywed-life-is-after-marrying-high-school-sweetheart-11945536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jane Kaczmarek;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jane Kaczmarek&quot;}\">Jane Kaczmarek<\/a>, who plays Hal&#8217;s wife Lois, recently spoke to PEOPLE about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bryan-cranston-jane-kaczmarek-malcolm-in-the-middle-chemistry-exclusive-11946596\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:how they made their on-screen marriage work;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;how they made their on-screen marriage work&quot;}\">how they made their on-screen marriage work<\/a> as they also opened up about the revival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was a good marriage,&#8221; said Cranston. &#8220;They complemented each other because of the contrast to each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, &#8220;The thing that they really had in common was a deep, deep rooted love for each other. And you always felt no matter what was going on in that house, they would still be together. They&#8217;ll be together until one of them\u2014&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Murders the other one!&#8221; joked Kaczmarek, 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/frankie-muniz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Frankie Muniz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Frankie Muniz&quot;}\">Frankie Muniz<\/a>, who plays Malcolm himself, told PEOPLE that having his 4-year-old son, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-frankie-muniz-son-mauz-mosley-muniz-8385074\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mauz Mosley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mauz Mosley&quot;}\">Mauz Mosley<\/a>, alongside him at the <em>Life&#8217;s Still Unfair<\/em> premiere on Tuesday, April 7, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/frankie-muniz-really-cool-moment-having-son-attend-premiere-exclusive-11945829\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;really cool.&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;quot&quot;}\">&#8220;really cool.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 40-year-old explained, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s weird to show your kid stuff that you did, but obviously I&#8217;m proud of it. I love that he got to experience being a part of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Malcolm in the Middle: Life&#8217;s Still Unfair<\/em> premieres Friday, April 10 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/bryan-cranston-was-stung-on-scrotum-after-being-covered-in-bees-malcolm-in-the-middle-11947203\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Bryan Cranston looked back on the time he was covered in bees when filming Malcolm in the Middle The actor told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that he was covered in 60,000 bees for a classic season 1 scene and ended up getting stung in an intimate area Cranston reprises his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2366944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[316808,25850,343198,332385,22653],"class_list":["post-2366943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-bryan-cranston","tag-hulu","tag-late-show","tag-malcolm-in-the-middle","tag-stephen-colbert"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bryan-Cranston-Reveals-He-Was-Stung-on-His-Scrotum-After.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366945,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366943\/revisions\/2366945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}