Overview
- Lyonne was asked to leave a Los Angeles to New York red-eye Tuesday, according to passengers on the flight.
- Witnesses said she appeared disoriented in first class and did not respond to repeated requests to close her laptop and fasten her seat belt.
- Crew removed her laptop as the jet taxied, the plane returned to the gate, and a Delta staffer asked if she needed medical help before telling her to deplane.
- The captain apologized for a delay of about an hour and told passengers a traveler would not follow basic commands before the flight departed without further issues.
- She missed a planned Drew Barrymore Show taping the next day, posted on X about the situation, and days later attended a New York premiere.