Talk about a bumpy flight!
Things haven’t died down yet for 40-year-old actress and musician Leisha Hailey and her girlfriend, Uh Huh Her bandmate Camila Grey, who were escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight Sunday.
Southwest says it was the couple’s “aggressive reaction” to a flight attendant and not their public display of affection that got them kicked off the plane.
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The incident first came to light when Hailey tweeted, “I have been discriminated against by @SouthwestAir. Flt. attendant said that it was a ‘family’ airline and kissing was not ok.”
But Southwest is biting back.
The airline released a statement Tuesday saying, “Reports from our employees and customers onboard Flight 2274 during a stop in El Paso on Sunday now confirm profane language was being used loudly by two passengers,” referring to Hailey and her partner.
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“At least one family who was offended by the loud profanity moved to another area of the cabin,” the statement said.
“Although we have reports of what customers characterize as an excessive public display of affection, ultimately their aggressive reaction led to their removal from the aircraft.”
In a statement released Tuesday, Hailey and Grey admitted to getting riled up after a flight attendant chided them for kissing.
“We take full responsibility for getting verbally upset with the flight attendant after being told it was a ‘family airline,'” the couple said.
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“We were never told the reason the flight attendant approached us, we were only scolded that we ‘needed to be aware that Southwest Airlines was a family oriented airline.'”
The couple said they still plan to file a formal complaint with the airline.
Hopefully, both parties can come to an understanding and this turbulence can end soon.
