Today's Blind Items - The Flights

Except for some editing to make it a blind and remove some of the author's personal details, I have left it as is.

My aunt told me a story about this three named A- list actor/author that I wanted to share. My aunt has been a flight attendant for a couple of decades, so she's seen some stuff.

Apparently, our actor/author once spent an entire flight talking to the man next to him about how every dog he's ever met could totally run for president. He went on and on about how dogs have "natural leadership skills" and how a golden retriever would make the perfect commander-in-chief. He wouldn't let this poor old man get a word in anywhere. By the time they landed, the man next to him had put on noise-cancelling headphones and pretended to sleep, probably wishing he were anywhere else. When everyone was getting off the plane, he gave my aunt an earful and threatened to call corporate because nobody offered to have him move seats or told our actor/author to be quiet.

This wasn't just a one-time thing. My aunt said she heard from her co-workers that this happened at least five separate times on different flights in the early 2010s. Each time, he would get into these long, passionate rants about how certain dog breeds would be perfect for various political roles — like how a bulldog would make the best bodyguard and a poodle could be a perfect ambassador. Occasionally people would find it funny and get excited that a celebrity was talking to them, but most people were annoyed, and he couldn't take a hint, so he kept going. The last time, though, he started talking to someone who was a political extremist, and the person got so worked up, they started yelling at him about the dogs were "ruining the fabric of democracy." Flight attendants had to step in, and they were pretty annoyed at our actor/author for sparking the whole thing in the first place.

Flight attendants talk, so a lot of my aunt's co-workers had heard about passengers complaining because of him. After all of those complaints and that chaotic scene, the airline supposedly added him to their "no-fly" list for a while. I don't know if he's still on it though. Now, he only flies a different carrier. My aunt says they're more chill about his conversations, and she's even spotted him a few times in airport lounges, happily chatting to whoever's next to him about how dogs should totally be in charge of the world.

Honestly, I think the people who complained were just being Karens. If they were that bothered, they could've easily just told him to chill instead of making it a big deal and involving the flight attendants. It's not like he was being rude, just rambling on about his weird dog-politics thing. Yeah, it was probably annoying, but they didn't need to go full-on complaint mode. And the whole banning thing? The airline jumped the gun because they didn't want any bad press or paparazzi catching wind of it. They wanted to avoid a potential scene and protect their image, but it's super annoying how companies care more about looking good than actually dealing with stuff the right way.