Adam Scott Had to Convince His “Severance ”Costars He Wasn't Using Cocaine After an Uncontrollable Nosebleed on Set

"When there's an actor who has a nose that will not stop bleeding, obviously, it's cocaine, right? We all know this," the actor said of his injury

Adam Scott can assure you he's not on drugs.

While filming season 2 of Apple TV+'s hit show Severance, the actor revealed he suffered a "concussion at one point" and shared how a subsequent nosebleed made him feel pressured to let his costars know he wasn't doing cocaine.

"A little while later, I got this nosebleed that would not stop," Scott, 51, recalled on a Jan. 22 episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. "Like, no matter what we did, we could not get my nose to stop bleeding. It was disgusting and frustrating, but also, when there's an actor who has a nose that will not stop bleeding, obviously, it's cocaine, right? We all know this."

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Adam Scott on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers'

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To let his cast members know he was drug-free, he admitted he was "sort of overcompensating and making way too many cocaine jokes, trying to reassure everyone that it wasn't cocaine."

Despite his best efforts, Scott added, "But, for sure, by the end of the day, everyone thought it was cocaine."

The nose bleed never resolved itself and the Parks & Rec alum eventually had to visit an emergency room in upstate New York where he had to get the "inside of my nose cauterized." Host Seth Meyers then showed the audience a picture director Ben Stiller took of Scott getting the procedure done.

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Seth Meyers shows a photo of Adam Scott receiving a medical procedure

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"I asked the doctor, I was like, 'Is this — Is this going to hurt?' And he's like, 'Well yes, but also the more challenging aspect of this will be the extreme feeling of pepper being shoved up your nose," he explained. "So it did hurt, but then also it did feel like there was just like a pound of pepper. And he's like, 'Don't sneeze. You can't sneeze!'"

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After years of waiting, season 2 of Severance premiered on Apple TV+ on Jan. 17.

The latest installment picks up with Mark Scout (Scott) and his fellow Lumon innies (and outies) reeling from the shocking events that happened in the show's season one finale, which aired in 2022.

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To generate buzz about the acclaimed drama's new season, Scott and his costars Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman and Patricia Arquette all gathered as their respective characters for a live performance installation at Grand Central Station on Jan. 14.

Several social media users posted videos of the installment and snapped the cast acting as their characters in a makeshift office space in the center of the New York City train station.

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New episodes of Severance season 2 drop Fridays on Apple TV+.

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