LOS ANGELES — Alec Baldwin says he was kicked off a plane Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport after having words with a flight attendant over an “addicting” word game he was playing on his cellphone.
The “30 Rock” actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing “Words With Friends” while the plane idled at a gate Tuesday, said Baldwin’s spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik.
Hiltzik said Baldwin boarded another American Airlines flight to New York.
Baldwin took to Twitter to vent, saying a “flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing Words With Friends while we sat at the gate, not moving.” It wasn’t clear if passengers had been asked to turn off their cellphones, which is typical before a flight backs away from the terminal.
American Airlines spokesman Ed Martelle declined to comment, citing customer privacy concerns. Airport police did not respond to the incident. The Associated Press; AP file photo
