Actor and Words With Friends player Alec Baldwin has, very publicly, shared his perspective on what happened aboard the American Airlines flight that threw him off for using his iPhone Tuesday.
Baldwin wrote an apology to his fellow passengers titled “My Flying Lesson,” published in The Huffington Post. The 30 Rock star calls himself a 20-year brand loyal costumer of American Airlines, who had previously had entirely positive experiences with the carrier. He’s been in the habit of taking out his phone out when flights are delayed at the gate and would subsequently comply with flight attendants’ requests to turn off his device before take off. Baldwin writes that his flight attendant Tuesday got the better of him.
In this case, while other people were still manipulating their own phones, this one employee singled me out to put my phone away. Afterward, we still sat at the gate. I pulled out my phone again, while others did the same. Again, I was singled out by this woman in the most unpleasant of tones. I guess the fact that this woman, who had decided to make some example of me, while everyone else was left undisturbed, did get the better of me.
Baldwin proceeds to knock post-9/11 U.S. air travel for its filthy planes, barely-edible meals and flight attendants who “have made flying a Greyhound bus experience.”
“The lesson I’ve learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950′s gym teacher is on duty,” he writes.
What do you think of his response — was the flight attendant to blame for his misbehavior or simply his Words With Friends addiction?
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Kutcher got into hot water last month when he fired off a tweet defending Penn State coach Joe Paterno after Paterno was implicated in a scandal related to assistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s alleged history of sexually molesting children. “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste,” the tweet said. Later on, Kutcher tweeted, “Heard Joe was fired, fully recant previous tweet!” and “Didn’t have full story. #admitwhenYoumakemistakes.” Shortly afterwards, Kutcher announced that he was turning over the management of his Twitter account to Katalyst Media, a firm he co-owns.
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