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    Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Kicked Off Plane for Saggy Pants

    US Magazine – Sat, Sep 3, 2011 8:45 AM PDT
    Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Kicked Off Plane for Saggy Pants

    Were they worried he was going to pull a Gerard Depardieu?

    Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is the latest celeb to have a scuffle with an airline flight attendant -- this one resulting in his ejection from a Southwest Airlines flight pre-takeoff.

    What was the "Time of Your Life" singer's offense? Saggy pants!

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    A producer for ABC News San Francisco was onboard a planned Thursday flight from Oakland, to Burbank, Calif when the bizarre incident occurred.

    With passengers taking their seats, buckling up and turning off cell phones in preparation for the trip, a flight attendant approached Armstrong, telling him to pull up his pants. Armstrong refused, asking "Don't you have better things to do then worry about that?"

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    The Southwest employee repeated the request and threatened to boot the Grammy winner from the plane. Armstrong, 39, retorted, "I'm just trying to get to my f**king seat!"

    He and his traveling companion were then removed from the flight.

    Armstrong tweeted about the scuffle, of course: "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f**k? No joke!"

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    In response, Southwest Airlines then tweeted apologetically: "Very sorry for your experience tonight, someone from our Customer Relations Team will reach out to you to get more details."

    In a later statement, the company explained: "As soon as we became aware of what had happened, we reached out to apologize for this Customer's experience. He elected to take the next flight. We followed up with this Customer and involved Employees to get more details and, in our latest conversations, understand from the Customer the situation was resolved to his satisfaction."

    Armstrong is not the first saggy pants offender. On June 12, University of New Mexico football player Deshon Marman was evicted from a U.S. Airways flight bound for Albuquerque for wearing sagging pants. He is now suing the airline.

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    11 comments

    • Jean Gardner
      Jean Gardner  •  8 months ago
      It doesn't matter if your white, black or purple, it's a matter of having pride in yourself. The air llines should stand behind their rules and maybe people would have more respect for them and in turn for those who choose to fly. Casual is great but showing your butt is groose.
    • Kevin
      Kevin  •  8 months ago
      Over pants? He probably lowered it so the flight attendant could search him like all Airplane security does. Southwest should be worried about bombs or terrorists than Sagging Pants, not like there was a bomb in them. That's terrible customer service, I smell a big complaint coming from their label.
    • Never
      Never  •  8 months ago
      Hey America where are the "pant sagging thug" comments? Oh this time is different, right? I know there would be a lot more comments if this was a rapper or athlete.
    • thegreatpossum
      thegreatpossum  •  8 months ago
      Sorry I forgot to wear my chairman Mao jacket comrade. Next time i'll be sure dress just like everybody else. I realize now that offending blue hairs and tightasses is a criminal offense in this country.
      • By Any Means
        By Any Means 8 months ago
        Could you be any more of a clay digger?!
      • A Yahoo! User 8 months ago
        Did you just learn what a clay digger is today or something dude? I mean shit dude if you're gonna repost then at least take it to a different article. You're worse than a clay digger, you're a clam digger!
    • Sputnik
      Sputnik  •  8 months ago
      well, first off, it is a hazard to wear your pants around your ankles (or knees, for that matter) during an in-flight emergency. you could trip and fall, causing injury to yourself or others around you. pull your #$%$ pants up, you're an adult, not some retarded monkey child. hey, maybe he was prepping for a mile-high club experience and the flight attendant blew it up before it got started.
    • SanJuanKid
      SanJuanKid  •  8 months ago
      "Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Kicked Off Plane for Saggy Pants." You see? Your agent knows how to get your name in the headlines. Good work!
    • By Any Means
      By Any Means  •  8 months ago
      PULL UP YOUR PANTS, CLAY DIGGERS!!!!! WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR BUTT CRACKS!!!!!!
      • A Yahoo! User 8 months ago
        Yer a Clam Digger
      • Kirk
        Kirk 5 months ago
        Saggy pants + underpants = no butt crack
    • Joseph
      Joseph  •  8 months ago
      why does the white guy get "removed"...but the black guy gets "evicted"? WTF
    • WestLoosers
      WestLoosers  •  8 months ago
      When I was a kid you were embarrassed to have someone see your underwear... now its cool, or sick.. or whatever the hell the kids say!
    • John
      John  •  8 months ago
      Go SOUTHWEST!! It's about time more of us take a stand. If you want to fly with your buttocks hanging out, go find a carrier that will fly you. SOUTHWEST has again, earned my business!! Many public places have a dress code... And besides, whatever happend to "We reserve the right to refuse service"?
    • DLP
      DLP  •  8 months ago
      so a flight attendant can tell a guy what and how to wear his clothes? I'm confused????
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