AZALEA BANKS WAS RECENTLY IN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE DURING A
UNITED FLIGHT.
SHE WAS ON A FLIGHT AND GOT IN AN ARGUMENT
WITH TWO FRENCH TOURISTS WHO HAD TRAVELED TO LOS ANGELES, AND
APPARENTLY AZALEA BANKS WAS
TRYING TO GET OFF THE PLANE.
EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS IN THE SIXTH
ROW SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME DOING IT, BECAUSE THE FRENCH
COUPLE IN THE THIRD ROW WERE TAKING THEIR TIME TRYING TO GET
THEIR LUGGAGE OUT OF THE THIRD ROW COMPARTMENT.
THIS ANSWERS A CRITICAL QUESTION, I ALWAYS WONDERED
WHAT LEVEL OF CELEBRITY YOU ARE WHERE YOU ALWAYS FLY FIRST
CLASS, AND AT WHAT POINT DO YOU FLY PRIVATE?
WHO IS TOO BIG A STAR TO GET ON A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE?
AZALEA BANKS IS NOT.
BUT SHE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY IN FIRST-CLASS.
YES.
SHE IS TRYING TO GET OFF THE PLANE, AND SHE IS
GETTING IMPATIENT BECAUSE THIS COUPLE IS APPARENTLY TAKING
THEIR TIME, AND THEN THINGS GET CRAZY AFTER THAT.
WITNESSES ON
THE PLANE SPOKE TO TMZ, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT SHE PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTED THE MAN TRYING TO GET OFF THE PLANE.
THERE IS A REASON
WHY WE'RE SETTING UP THE STORY THIS WAY.
IT INVOLVES THE LGBT
COMMUNITY, SO SIT TIGHT.
BEFORE THINGS GOT REALLY BAD, THE FLIGHT
ATTENDANT INTERVENED AND TRIED TO CALM THE SITUATION DOWN.
TAKE A
LOOK.
I'M GETTING OFF.
GIVE ME MY BAG.
NO.
GIVE ME MY SHIT.
GIVE ME MY FUCKING BAG.
GIVE ME MY BAG.
NOW.
I WAS GOING THROUGH, HE GOES WAIT, PUTS HIS HAND IN MY
FACE, GRABS HIS BAG.
I JUST
WANT TO GET OFF THE PLANE.
WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET OFF THE PLANE,
I'M TRYING TO GO HOME.
GIVE ME
MY BAG.
TOWARD THE END SHE SAYS, F-ING F WORD.
AND THE F WORD IS
A DEROGATORY WORD USED AGAINST THE GAY COMMUNITY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
SHE DECIDED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT SHE SAID ON TWITTER, SO
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SHE TWEETED, "LGBT COMMUNITY ARE
LIKE THE GAY WHITE KKK'S.
GET THEM SOME PINK HOODS AND UNICORNS AND
LET THEM RALLY DOWN RODEO DRIVE.
IN MY OPINION SHE IS CONFESSING
SOME WRONGDOING.
WHAT IS GGGG?
DOES ANYONE KNOW?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
SHE CONTINUES, "IF I AM TO BE PART
OF AN LGBT COMMUNITY I WANT TO BE IN IT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARENíT SO
WEAK, OR SO EASILY MOVED YOU
KNOW.
BECAUSE ALL THE TIME BEING SPENT MAD AT WORD COULD
HAVE BEEN USED TO HELP PEOPLE
WHO REALLY NEED THE HELP!"
SHE ALSO SAYS, "I AM NOT A WEAK
BITCH.
BEING CALLED A DYKE OR THE N WORD DOESN'T UPSET ME."
INSTANTLY YOU NEED TO
HAVE PR HELP.
SOMEONE WHO WILL RESTRAIN YOU THROUGH THE INITIAL TWELVE
HOURS OF INTENSE EMOTION.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE RECENTLY ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT SOCIAL MEDIA IS TO PUBLIC FIGURES WHO WANT TO
PROMOTE THEIR WORK, AND HOW SOCIAL MEDIA WILL MAKE
PUBLICISTS OBSOLETE.
YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND YOU ARE
LIKE, NO, NO THEY WON'T.
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT CONTAIN
THEMSELVES, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THEIR EMOTIONS.
THEY
DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP
THEMSELVES FROM LOOKING LIKE IDIOTS, AND THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
THANKFULLY SHE WILL KEEP SOME PEOPLE WITH A JOB IF SHE
CHOOSES TO USE THEM.
I AM NOT SURE YOU ARE RIGHT, IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT,
SOCIAL MEDIA MIGHT ALSO INCREASE WORK FOR PUBLICISTS.
IT IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO STEP IN SOMETHING THAT YOU
NEED HELP STEPPING OUT OF.
THAT IS A REALLY GOOD POINT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD WORK.
IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU ARE A CALM, COLLECTED INDIVIDUAL
WHO CAN HANDLE YOURSELF IN ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC FORUM.
I HAVE HAD SLIPPED UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA BEFORE, BUT NOTHING
EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THAT.
I WILL DEFEND HER FOR ONE SECOND.
REALLY?
YOU CAN'T HOLD HER BAG, YOU ARE A FLIGHT ATTENDANT.
IT IS NOT YOUR BAG, IT'S HER BAG, THE FIGHT IS OVER.
IF SHE DID ASSAULT THE GUY, THEN YOU HAVE AN INTEREST
IN KEEPING HER ON THE PLANE UNTIL THE AUTHORITIES COME.
I WOULD LET THE AUTHORITIES HAVE IT.
I WOULD SAY SHE WENT THAT WAY, IT'S AZALEA BANKS, SHE HIT THE GUY.
I DON'T GET TO ARREST HER.
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS DON'T HAVE POLICE POWERS.
THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT WHAT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT DID WAS RIGHT OR WRONG.
THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP HER ON THE PLANE UNTIL THE POLICE
GOT THERE?
THE ONLY PERSON I FELT BAD FOR WAS I GUESS EVERYBODY ON THE
PLANE BEHIND HER.
THE WORST THING IN MY LIFE IS THAT MOMENT, WE'VE LANDED, THE PLANE IS NOT
IN THE AIR, AND YOU ARE STILL ON THE PLANE.
PEOPLE TAKE THEIR TIME TAKING STUFF OUT OF THE OVERHEAD
COMPARTMENT, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I THINK IT JUST TAKES TIME.
PEOPLE TAKE THEIR TIME, THEY ARE TAKING THESE INSANE, MASSIVE
CARRY-ON PIECES WITH THEM.
OH NO, IT DOESN'T FIT, IT'S SO
HEAVY, BECAUSE IT'S MASSIVE.
IT'S MASSIVE.
CHECK IT IN.
STOP WASTING MY TIME.
CAN WE JUST CARVE OUT ANA GOING, IT'S MASSIVE.
I TAKE A DUFFEL BAG ON A FLIGHT.
I HAVEN'T CHECKED A BAG IN THE FIFTEEN YEARS UNLESS
I'M TRAVELING WITH A KID.
HOW BIG IS YOUR CARRY-ON LUGGAGE?
IT'S MASSIVE.