Zac Efron Admits To Dropping Condom On Red Carpet

First Published: March 1, 2012 11:40 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Zac Efron attends the premiere of Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Lorax’ at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, Calif. on February 19, 2012Zac Efron says he now has a policy to check his pockets before hitting the red carpet.

On Thursday, “The Lorax” star stopped by NBC’s the “Today” show and admitted to recently dropping a condom while walking the carpet for his latest animated movie.

“Take me through what happened,” Matt Lauer asked the 24-year-old actor.

“I don’t want to take you through it,” he said with a laugh.

“You dropped something on the red carpet,” Matt persisted.

“I did, I did,” Zac said. “I never really had a pocket-checking policy when I was going on the red carpet before, but now we’ve fully instated one.”

“You dropped a condom?” Matt asked.

“Yeah,” Zac told Matt.

“Better to be safe than sorry,” Matt told the star.

“That’s a great message,” the actor added. “To add to the many messages in the film.”

Check out Zac’s condom dropping moment, HERE!

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