Actor Jonathan Rhys Myers has been banned from flying United Airlines after he was denied entry onto a flight for being drunk and using a racial slur. Airline sources tell Radaronline.com that the Tudors star, 32, had been drinking vodka heavily in the airline’s first-class lounge before trying to catch a 7 a.m. flight from New York to Los Angeles earlier this month, and hurled several epithets, including the N-word, at airline employees after being told that he was too intoxicated to fly.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
-
Bombs or talks: What’s next in the US-Iran showdown?Talking Points US gives Tehran a two month deadline to deal
-
Inside the contested birth years of generationsThe Explainer Battles over where Gen Z ends and Gens Alpha and Beta begin remain unsettled
-
Art review: Jack Whitten: The MessengerFeature Museum of Modern Art, New York City, through Aug. 2
