Euphoria star ‘kicked off flight’ hours after season 3 premiere

Just hours after stepping onto the red carpet for the hotly anticipated return of Euphoria, actor Natasha Lyonne was reportedly removed from a flight departing Los Angeles following an onboard incident.

Lyonne, who is set to appear as a guest star in the show’s third season, had earlier attended the premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre, where a viral video showed her looking somewhat unsteady on her feet.

Later that night, she boarded a red-eye flight to New York.

According to an eyewitness account given to Page Six, the actor appeared unresponsive as the plane prepared for takeoff.

Seated in first class, she reportedly did not react when flight attendants asked her to close her laptop and fasten her seatbelt.

Crew members made repeated attempts to get her attention, but Lyonne seemed to drift in and out of awareness behind her sunglasses. At one point, she was said to have been startled awake, exclaiming, ‘Ah! You scared me!’

Eventually, her laptop was removed from her hands as the aircraft began taxiing. However, the situation supposedly escalated when the plane turned back to the gate before departure.

A Delta staff member then boarded and asked Lyonne if she required medical assistance, before informing her she would need to disembark. ‘Where are we?’ she was overheard asking, according to Page Six, to which she was told the plane had not yet left Los Angeles.

Passengers were informed that the flight would not proceed until the situation was resolved.

Lyonne reportedly responded by shushing a gate agent, then calmly got up, briefly headed to the bathroom, and returned while eating a bag of pretzels.

She ultimately exited the aircraft without further resistance after her luggage had been removed.

Following the delay — which lasted over an hour — the pilot addressed passengers, explaining: ‘We had a passenger who for whatever reason wouldn’t follow some basic commands… [they] didn’t seem up to the task tonight.’

The flight later departed for New York without further incident.

The episode comes weeks after Lyonne shared an update on her sobriety journey.

Earlier this year, she revealed she had experienced a relapse, before later telling fans she was ‘doing a whole lot better & back on her feet.’

Lyonne is an actress, writer, and director known for her distinctive raspy voice and sharp and several iconic roles.

She first rose to fame in the late 1990s with roles in films like American Pie before earning widespread acclaim as Nicky Nichols in Orange Is the New Black.

Across her career she’s also been nominated for five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.

Lyonne later co-created and starred in the hit Netflix series Russian Doll.

Metro has contacted Natasha Lyonne’s representatives for comment.

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