Natasha Lyonne Removed from Delta Flight After Euphoria Premiere
Actress Natasha Lyonne was reportedly escorted off a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City on Tuesday, April 7, hours after attending the season three premiere of HBO's Euphoria, according to multiple accounts citing an eyewitness.
The incident occurred on a redeye flight departing Los Angeles International Airport. Lyonne, seated in first class and still dressed in elements of her premiere outfit including wraparound sunglasses and black stockings, appeared unresponsive to flight attendants' repeated requests to close her laptop and fasten her seatbelt as the plane prepared for takeoff. Eyewitness reports described her as seeming to doze off and drifting in and out of awareness. At one point, she was startled and exclaimed, "Ah! You scared me!" Crew members eventually removed the laptop from her hands, and the aircraft taxied to the runway before returning to the gate.
A Delta gate agent then boarded and asked Lyonne if she needed medical attention. When informed she had to disembark, she reportedly appeared confused, asking, "Where are we?" The agent replied that the plane remained in Los Angeles and would not depart until she exited. Lyonne shushed the agent, briefly...