Jack Huston Talks Flashbulb Phobia and Flashbacks With Chelsea Handler—Watch Now

Boardwalk Empire star was overwhelmed by camera flashes as teenager at Oscars

By Rebecca Macatee May 31, 2013 6:01 PMTags

Guess it's safe to say Jack Huston is not a fan of the paparazzi.

The Boardwalk Empire star and nephew of Anjelica Huston explained last night on Chelsea Lately why he's forever terrified of flashbulbs.

"I once went to the Oscars with [Anjelica] when I was 18, and I think I had a little too much to drink in the car," he admitted. "I was already nervous about going to something so big as that, and I got out of the car and all those flashbulbs went off."

And in that moment, Jack panicked. "I just said, 'I can't do this,' and ran inside," he recalled, adding, "From that moment on, any time I see flashbulbs I get horrible flashbacks.

"Bless my poor aunt!" the actor, now 30, added laughingly. 

Somehow we think Aunt Anjie'd let that Oscars freakout slide!