Next time you go on a flight I want you to try this. I want you to walk up and down the aisles doing stretching and yoga routines. You need to go back and forth several times. Then after you have finished doing that I want you to go to the front of the plane. Yep, go to the front of the plane where the flight attendants have their area. Go right up to there and start doing plies right there. If the flight attendants are there it doesn't matter. Just take over their station and start practicing your ballet. When they order you back to your seat, or depending on your ethnicity thrown you in some handcuffs, just tell them that Uma Thurman could do it so why couldn't you?
According to the NY Post, Uma did just that on a flight that was about four hours long. Now, I think on any flight that is over a certain amount of time you are going to get up, and stretch. I just think that if you tried to do what Uma did you would be beat down. Can you imagine if the entire plane had said, "wow, I think I'm going to do the same thing" that they would have got away with it? I don't think so.
If Uma had been smoking in the bathroom she would have got in trouble. I don;t doubt that. I just think that when it comes to certain behaviors that celebrities get treated much differently than "everyday people." I'm not sure if anyone other than a celebrity or someone very used to getting their own way would have basically taken over the flight attendant's area for 20 minutes and made it their very own personal workout space.
Are we meek? Do we just accept being herded and kept in our places? Maybe we should be more like Uma and do as we please. Did Uma do it because she is Uma or did Uma do it because she knew no one would stop her?
I'm going for option C: she did it because she's bat shit crazy?
ReplyDeleteUma is a tall girl. I am surprised that was that much space for her to do it in.
ReplyDeleteI've stood in the flight attendant area in the back. I usually ask if it's ok first though. As long as the seatbelt light isn't on they don't seem to mind.
ReplyDeleteGoing up and down the aisle seems just annoying and attention seeking to me.
How many celebrities how gotten away even with murder?
ReplyDeleteShe didn't want DVT? lol
ReplyDeleteI think she did it because she has a profound sense of entitlement.
ReplyDeleteWell, if she was naked I see no problem with it.
ReplyDeleteBat shit crazy or stoned. What a nut.
ReplyDeleteAnd have you seen her feet? Those could take up the whole aisle on their own. Drag queens could borrow her pumps. Or Paris Hilton.
ReplyDeleteShe did it cuz nobody would stop her. Nobody stopped her cuz she's famous. You called it right, Enty.
ReplyDeleteIf she asked first if it was OK, I don't see a problem with it.
ReplyDeleteI would be irritated if Edna Everyday did that on my plane. It's not a gym and I really have no interest in your workout routine. I think that it shows a huge sense of entitlement, even if you AREN'T a celebrity. It's a public place. We don't work out in public places, except at the gym or jogging in the park.
ReplyDeleteShe read about it on GOOP.
ReplyDeleteHey come on, ease up. How often do we hear about diva-like behavior out of her?
ReplyDeletei don't do yoga but i do hang in the galley with the staff at night on a long haul but that's cuz i'm staff travel. some regular travellers do as well as long as they aren't doing meals..but the yoga part is a bit over the top.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh man. I worked as a flight attendant for about five years (fun job, but living out of a suitcase and being away from home up to 6 days at a time gets old pretty fast!) We used to go absolutely crazy when passengers would come up unsolicited and hang out in our area- that's out ONLY retreat from you needy passengers, lol. I understand the need to get up and stretch, believe me... but you really DON'T want to tick off a flight attendant, either :)
ReplyDeleteOh selenakyle, I was about to say the same thing, sort of!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to be in first class with her and Gwyneth. Then they could have a GOOP off and I could watch it all go down.
Sweet buttery Moses on Rye-Krisp - if these H'Wood asshats are going to do this on PUBLIC airlines, they should be all Travolta about it & GET THEIR OWN G'DAMN PLANE!!!11!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the rest of us would appreciate not having to deal with their "privileged" behavior - I know I would.
LOL at GOOP! There are a number of yoga exercises for airplane rides that don't require leaving your seat. Maybe I'll mail her a guide.
ReplyDeleteYou can call your yoga guide for planes MOOSH!
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