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Alec Baldwin Thrown Off Flight For Playing iPhone Game ‘Words With Friends’

Dec. 6, 2011 6:59pm Christopher Santarelli

Actor on” 30 Rock” by day, serial tweeter and blogger by night, Alec Baldwin has been in the news a lot lately. Baldwin was the talk of celebrity blogs again Tuesday afternoon after he was kicked off an American Airlines flight at LAX, allegedly for an argument with a flight attendent over the iPhone game “Words with Friends”:

Below are some of Baldwin’s subsequent tweets regarding the incident:

USA Today notes that fans picked up on the story after Michael J. Wolf, Founder and Managing Director at www.activate.com, tweeted:

“On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait”

A law enforcement source told The Los Angeles Times that Baldwin was escorted off an American Airlines flight, and said that police were not involved in the incident. There has not been an official statement from the airline about what prompted his removal from the plane, but Ed Martelle commented on behalf of the airline to MSNBC, saying “Owing to privacy concerns regarding our customers, we don’t comment on something that might or might not have happened.”

A source familiar with the situation told the New York Daily News that the cabin confrontation started when a flight attendent scolded Baldwin for playing the addictive Scrabble-like game on his iPad while the airplane was still at the gate.

The source told the Daily News that Baldwin later demanded the flight attendant’s name, after which the conflict escalated.

In a statement to NBC News, Baldwin’s representative explained: “Alec was asked to leave the flight for playing ‘Words with Friends’ on his iPad, while parked at the gate. Alec is so in love with ‘Words with Friends’ that he would risk getting thrown off a flight to play. He’s already been re-booked on another American Airlines flight.”

Baldwin’s hashtag “nowonderamericaairisbankrupt” refers to the recent news that American Airlines would be filing for bankruptcy.

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sizzler2220
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:19pm
He is a liberal. Liberals do not have to follow rules while on board.

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- BehindBlueEyes
  Posted on December 7, 2011 at 5:26am
  Exactly, same attitude as Chucky Schumer on the flight. The rules only apply to other people or when its to their advantage.
  
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steve-in-pa
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:19pm
He’s pissed because he did not get the “star” treatment he is use to… and like barry he blames someone else for his actions.

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- db321
  Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:27am
  Speaking of Star treatment – I can’t wait to see Obama fly commercial again. He can fly all 57 States on his dime.
  
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ULYSSESG
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:19pm
Love to KNOCK that dude the hell out ….

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- CatB
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:29pm
  I would have taken him UP and let him OUT!
  
  TEA!
  
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- TXPilot
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:35pm
  How ironic…….I guess Alec is like most liberals, and cant distinguish the difference between fantasy and reality, since he probably thought that in real life, it was perfectly ok for him to act like a a@@wipe, just like he does on his commercials……Welcome to reality Alec Baldwin, where your sense of self-importance totally contradicts your actual worthlessness as a person.
  
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ULYSSESG
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:18pm
Pretty sure he had a pissy attitude and was a total DICK to the flight attendant.
WHAT AND ******* HE IS, *******.

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- rt elms
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:19pm
  He’s a “rude, thoughtless little pig!” No wait, that was his daughter. My bad!
  
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- Anti_Spock
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:24pm
  They should have waiting until the aircraft was at 10,000 feet before tossing him off.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:27pm
  What’s Alec doing in the USA anyways? I thought he left the Country when Bush was elected. That’s what he promised to do. Did he come back when Obama was elected ;-)
  
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- Treaty
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:48pm
  Pretty sure he is partially retarded.
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:59pm
  What a total a$$. Capital One should dump his **** as their spokesman. He’s simply ignorant. I think ill thoughts of Capital One when his mug shows up on the screen.
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:59pm
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  Just be thankful he was only touching his iPhone………….
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 9:09pm
  He could have been watching Kiddie Porn, oh sorry, he isn’t a college professor or State Dept worker. I guess it could have been worse, he could have been leaving a voice mail for his daughter.
  
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The Bove
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:18pm
I was hoping they were at 35K ft. He’s bad people.

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- oneshiner
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:37pm
  He’s a certified jerk.
  
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- NoRoomForSocialismHere
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:59pm
  Hes the poster boy for hollywood, they love him because he is such a mouth
  
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goldmind
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:17pm
I’m grateful to Baldwin and the majority of screwballs in his industry. If not for them, I’d still be watching bad movies and horrendous television programming. AA…I’m a new and lifelong customer.

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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on December 7, 2011 at 8:38pm
  This man gained a little fame, is flaunting it and thinks his chitt don’t stink. Yes it does, Alec. Go back and apologize to your little daughter for the crap you said to her on the answer machine. You act like such a fool. You think you’re more important and we should all give in and worship your feet, forget it bud. I think you’re just another low class person who just happened to make it in Hollyweird.
  
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last frontier
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:17pm
Washed little has been cant even afford to rent his own jet.

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kentuckypatriot
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:16pm
Again, why does Blaze post so much garbage about AB? I could give a rat’s behind about him. IMO, he’s an arrogant SOB. One the other hand, maybe you are showing this story to us for our entertainment in the sea of bad news?

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- JayCee
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:59pm
  Because you click on the story and help the numbers that push these stories up in the popularity rankings.
  
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- mlcblog
  Posted on December 7, 2011 at 4:01am
  It’s entertainment. If you like, you can not watch it and click on a different story and leave us alone. We are having fun over here.
  
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Abraham Young
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:15pm
Oh please, please, please, may I hope and aspire to one day be as COOL as Mr. Alec Baldwin, Esquire?

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NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:15pm
What, you don’t have your own jet, Baldwin? LOL Rush Limbaugh is cooler’n YOU.

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ULYSSESG
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:15pm
Alec Baldwin = POSTER CHILD FOR ABORTION.

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lhvd6639
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:15pm
This guy would be a natural as George in the movie Of mice and of men with Robert Blake. He is such a moron

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- mlcblog
  Posted on December 7, 2011 at 4:02am
  Do you mean Lennie?
  
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planeboy
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:14pm
You do know he’s above law do you not…

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- kentuckypatriot
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:18pm
  I thought in one of those Capital One commercials, when he was in the **** pit, he told the ” pilot ” that’s he’s played one on TV. Perhaps if the twit used that line again to the flight attendant, it would
  have worked.
  
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kentuckypatriot
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:14pm
Funny stuff Randy!! You’re shirt should have said ” I’m with stupid ” and the arrow pointing his way.

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TANK3584
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:13pm
America should have let him out ….hmmmm about 35,000 ft…

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- CatB
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:07pm
  Yes .. that would have been something I could support!
  
  TEA!
  
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AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:13pm
I’ll bet his parents wished they could have put him out with the rest of the garbage when he was a kid.

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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:12pm
Right after he did the CONAN show this happened. I watched it last night–kinda boring; and Baldwin is a complete bore! I guess the only laughs he gets are ones that are written for him. Stephen and Daniel need to shake the boy up and wake his sleepy a$$ soul.

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Dug2Dark
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:12pm
Just your typical lib Jack*ss & who the hell would be this idiot’s friends????

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orionreplay6607
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:12pm
I can only imagine how worked up and in-your-face he got about the whole thing. I’m pretty certain that the flight attendant probably was very nice in asking him to kill it, yet he continued to play and play until she had to step it up. Then with his attitude it escalated pretty quickly. Jackwagon.

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nobull14
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:09pm
Baldwin is a childish moron !!!!! do not care for his liberal views or his childish rants and do not like his commercials ?

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Psychosis
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:09pm
should have tossed him out right after takeoff

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geonj
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:07pm
baldwin makes an agist ,sexist, rude statement regarding the flight atendments and the PoS gets a pass? just one more reason i havent watched nbc in at least 6 years.

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- Therightsofbilly
  Posted on December 6, 2011 at 8:46pm
  Right with you GEONJ
  
  And you know what’s “NOT IN MY WALLET” ?
  
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Dallasmarine
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:06pm
Good for American! Even though I would have hoped they would have just dropped him out over Berkley would have been the prudent thing to do to this schmuck!

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Coonrapids
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:05pm
Left wing bully, black jimmy carter gone in 345 days. : )

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The10thAmendment
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 7:05pm
Too bad it wasn’t a mid air expulsion!

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