A couple in Canada are fighting to keep their apartment after claiming their landlord wants them out because they fart too much. Seriously.
S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger, who perform together as the comedy duo Creepy Boys, say their landlord believes they’ve been smoking inside their Toronto apartment. The couple, however, claims the suspicious air-quality readings that prompted the accusations could actually be caused by their farts.
“We are being wrongfully evicted because we fart too much,” the couple wrote on their GoFundMe page. “Really. This is not a joke. We wish we were joking.”
The dispute has now reached Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board.
Couple Claims Their Farts Are Causing Air Quality Problems
According to the New York Post, the trouble began in December 2025 when the couple’s landlord, who lives upstairs in their converted duplex, started noticing unusual readings on an air-quality monitor. The device was detecting elevated levels of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.
Their landlord, who reportedly has a chronic lung condition, believed the couple had been smoking in their apartment.
Grummett and Kruger denied the claims and began looking into what might be causing the readings. They stopped cooking, stopped showering at home and tried to eliminate other potential sources. Nothing did any good.
Finally, they found that the monitor could be triggered by normal body functions, such as flatulence and breathing.
“Farts. It’s farts. It has to be farts,” they wrote.
Couple Takes Landlord To Court Over Eviction Notice
The International Business Times reports that the landlord served the couple with an N12 eviction notice in June, stating that she intended to reclaim the property for personal use.
The couple believes the notice was issued in retaliation for asserting their rights as tenants. They challenged the eviction at an October 29 hearing and are awaiting a decision.
Believe it or not, this isn’t the first time flatulence has caused serious problems for someone.
A British bus driver was fired over his allegedly smelly farts, while another woman in the United Kingdom was found guilty of harassment for repeatedly sending videos of herself farting.
And if you’re wondering how much farting is too much, a scientific study published earlier this year found that people averaged around five farts per day.
Unfortunately for Grummett and Kruger, there’s no established number that determines when your farts officially become a housing dispute.