Courtney Love seems to have a real problem with following basic rules. In fact she seems like she’s still an obstinate little kid: if someone makes a rule, she’s got to break it. Love was recently banned from a Virgin Atlantic flight after she was caught flouting one of the most basic of airline rules: no smoking.
Courtney Love was banned from travelling on a flight after she was caught openly flouting U.S anti-smoking laws by having a cigarette in airport departure lounge. The star was due to fly to London from Los Angeles on Monday (07Apr08) to attend a gig organised by charity the Teenage Cancer Trust, but was refused boarding after she was discovered smoking in the departure lounge.
She says, “I had a fag in the first class lounge, like two hits, and they wouldn’t let me on the plane with my daughter (Frances Bean, 15). They made some big thing like I’m a f**king terrorist or something. It was embarrassing.” A spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic confirmed Love was allowed to fly to London the following evening (08Apr08) and has not been blacklisted by the company.
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Frankly I think Love is pretty lucky that she wasn’t blacklisted from Virgin Atlantic. Airlines are pretty strict these days. She would have done herself a lot more good if she’d apologized or in some way acknowledged that what she’d done was wrong. Instead she made it sound like it was all the airline’s fault for overreacting. They seem to have pretty strict rules about lighting up, and if Virgin Atlantic had given Love a pass, it would have caused a lot of people to say they were showing favoritism.
The fact that Love expected to be able to break the rules everyone else has to follow – and then go on her merry way – doesn’t speak highly of her. If she’s really embarrassed, it should be by her own behavior, not the airline’s response.
Courtney must have gone right back to London after her gig, because here she is leaving the Groucho private members club in London, at 3am, hiding her face under a bowler hat yesterday. WENN reports that the bag in the photo was full of pills that Courtney Love took out of her purse after leaving the Groucho Club. Images thanks to WENN.
This woman is such a loser.
poor frances bean. with a mother like that. hope kurt’s angel is looking out for her, cuz her momma sure isn’t.
look at her index finger….yuk
she was waiting for a flight so she could attend a gig organised by the Teenage Cancer Trust – hilarious
this woman needs some snuff so she can get her ‘hits’ wherever she wants without embarrasing herself
Nice gallon bag of pills, dipshit. The next time you want some press, stop teasing us and just throw yourself off a fucking cliff.
My favourite slut/druggie has come back out of the blue! Huzzah.
Gotta love those soft fruity health Nazis and their precious little rules. I can’t wait for the pendulum to swing back the other way (which is inevitable at this point) so they can be made to eat crow.
Sasha,
I hope you never develop lung cancer and have to eat YOUR words. BTW, those “little” rules aren’t just about the health of fellow passengers, but basic onboard safety. Fires are a nasty business on an airplane, you see.
Amy, she was smoking in the lounge, not the plane. That’s just anti-smoking legislation, not a safety issue.
The pendulum is already swinging back in the other direction, just wait a few years. Anti-smoking laws are death for a lot of businesses, we’ve seen a lot in my neck of the country. It’s virtually impossible to keep a bar or club open here anymore, because if you serve food at all you can’t have any smoking. They thought smokers would adapt or quit, instead they’re just staying home.
Now that my obligatory anti-nanny-state rant is out of the way, I do think Courtney Love just thinks she’s special. I don’t agree with the laws either, but I still go outside to smoke. If you don’t like a law, work to change it, but follow it until then or accept the consequences.
I will say it’s nice to come home from a night out and not smell like an ashtray. (although I did love each and every cigarette dearly before kicking) Anyway…’bout Courtney-the only way she can get in the news is by making herself obvious in any way she can. Guess she figures she’ll never be famous for talent so might as well try whatever she’s got. You just know she flaunted the rules to get gossiped about, which apparently worked.
Indeed, Trillion, this discussion is not about the anti-smoking laws but about Courtney’s behaviour and need of any kind (you could cap lock that : ANY KIND) of publicity.
The world is hers. And when it’s not going the way she wants it be, she’ll just make a victim out of herself. Again.
Let’s not play these kinds of celebrities’ games and try to figure out if not being allowed to smoke in a departure lounge is right or wrong…
Every single time I see stuff about Courtney, I am amazed by what a horrible mother she is. Really, as a mom, I can say you have to actually WORK – put forth effort – to be as bad a mother as she is. Just dump her with a nanny for God’s sake…why does she always have to include her kid in her exploits? At least Courtney probably found a way to make it “fun” for Frances, just like their overdose tea party…