Natasha Lyonne claimed she was detained by ICE aft being booted from her formation for taking a sleeping pill.
Lyonne made nan declare aft Page Six collapsed nan news that nan “Russian Doll” star was escorted disconnected a red-eye Delta flight.
“Indeed, I took a Lunesta erstwhile seated, to guarantee immoderate unopen oculus connected nan Delta One reddish oculus formation to NYC,” Lyonne wrote connected X Friday. “Boarded seamlessly pinch conscionable a backpack and sneakers, eager for a nap.”
The “Orange Is nan New Black” alum, 47, explained that she planned to beryllium “bushy tailed” and “beauty rested” arsenic she was scheduled to spell consecutive to a glitter convention for an quality connected “The Drew Barrymore Show” correct aft she landed.
“Was looking guardant to seeing Drew & an successful extent convo, but I conjecture ICE had different plans & I was detained instead,” she said, adding, “Sign of nan times, I guess.”
Lyonne thanked her fans for their support and said that she has ne'er tally into immoderate issues pinch Delta aliases TSA successful nan past.
“Heart is pinch our unpaid @TSA workers. 💗💗 Apologies to immoderate travelers who were delayed,” she concluded.
As Page Six antecedently reported, Lyonne was removed from her formation aft attending nan Season 3 premiere of “Euphoria” connected Tuesday.
Lyonne seemed “out of it” while sitting successful first class, and she didn’t respond erstwhile a formation attendant asked her to adjacent her laptop and fasten her seatbelt for takeoff.
Eyewitnesses claimed she was falling dormant down her sunglasses, and nan level yet taxied backmost to nan gate.
A Delta staffer who boarded nan level asked if she needed “medical attention” earlier asking her to de-board nan plane.
Lyonne seemed confused and asked wherever she was earlier being told that she was still successful LA arsenic nan formation ne'er took off.
The character past shushed nan gross supplier earlier she calmly walked to nan bath and emerged eating a container of pretzels earlier stepping disconnected nan plane.
The skipper of nan level apologized to nan passengers arsenic nan formation was delayed for much than an hour.
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“We person a rider who for immoderate logic … wouldn’t travel immoderate basal commands … We had a rider who didn’t look up to nan task coming truthful that’s why they were asked to beryllium booked connected different formation — I do apologize for nan inconvenience, but we will get you to New York arsenic quickly and arsenic safely arsenic possible,” nan skipper said earlier nan formation took disconnected to New York City without immoderate different incidents.
On Thursday, Lyonne addressed nan incident successful an X post, saying she was looking guardant to Barrymore’s show but it “wasn’t successful nan cards.”
That aforesaid evening, she boldly attended nan NYC premiere of “Lorne,” wherever she posed for photos connected nan reddish carpet.
Lyonne has publicly dealt pinch constituent abuse in nan past and revealed successful January that she had relapsed aft 10 years of sobriety.
Last month, she told fans she was doing “a full batch better” and was “back connected her feet.”
“Want to convey our betterment communities & nan fans who stood by & were truthful supportive,” she wrote connected X. “Aiming to support nan travel someway private, but look guardant to sharing my experience, spot & dream arsenic makes sense. My bosom is pinch everyone ever going done it.”