Bateman Reflects on Wild Monaco Arrest Before Sobriety

has recounted the time he was detained for 'drunk and disorderly' conduct while visiting Monaco.

The 57-year-old actor shared the anecdote on the latest episode of his SmartLess podcast, which he hosts alongside Sean Hayes and .

'I was arrested in Monaco for being drunk and disorderly in a nice little leopard outfit, fresh from the casinos, all banged up on,' the star stated on Monday's installment.

He noted that he had gotten drunk on 'cheap champagne' and had 'a pocket full of chips.'

Bateman didn't mention when the incident occurred, but the Ozark star gave up drinking in 2001, meaning it had to have been at least 25 years ago.

Earlier this year he told The Hollywood Reporter (THR) his  was influenced by wife Amanda Anka, because it caused 'tension' in their relationship. 

'Amanda and I definitely had a few negotiations about the point at which the [partying] spigot was going to completely turn off,' he shared. 

'She'd be like, "This drip, drip, drip is annoyingly unpredictable, Jason,"' the father of two recalled about their open-ended conversations.

Bateman was a disciplined child actor, joining the series Little House on the Prairie at age 11 in 1981.

He also starred in Silver Spoons and Teen Wolf Too in order to financially bolster his family.

He wrapped his six-season run as David in NBC sitcom The Hogan Family in 1991, then leaned into a lifestyle of partying.

Bateman recalled: 'Fortunately, I was living at a time without social media and camera phones, so I got away with a lot, but it was definitely close a few times.' 

His career resurgence came when he portrayed Michael Bluth in Mitchell Hurwitz's satirical sitcom Arrested Development, which ran for five seasons from 2003-2006 on Fox and from 2013-2019 on Netflix.

He then turned to producing, directing and starring in the Netflix drama Ozark, which prefaced his lucrative $100 million deal co-hosting SmartLess.