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Natasha Lyonne: Sleeping Pill Blamed for ICE Detention
Natasha Lyonne has finally addressed her removal from a Delta flight earlier this week.The 47-year-old actress took to X (formerly Twitter) to finally offer up ...
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to X (formerly ) to finally offer up an explanation as she blamed the incident on taking a sleeping pill while also revealing that she ended up being detained by controversial US government agency ICE (United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
Lyonne was reportedly asked to leave an aircraft bound for late Tuesday night after she failed to respond to flight attendant instructions.
She wrote on the microblogging site on Friday: 'Indeed, I took a Lunesta once seated, to ensure some shut eye on the Delta One red eye flight to NYC.
'Boarded seamlessly with just a backpack and sneakers, eager for a nap.'
She was scheduled to appear on The Show, which is filmed in the Big Apple, the following day but failed to make it.
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Natasha Lyonne (pictured in New York City on Thursday) has finally addressed her removal from a Delta flight earlier this week
The 47-year-old actress took to X (formally Twitter) to finally offer up an explanation as she blamed the incident on taking a sleeping pill while also revealing that she ended up being detained by controversial US government agency ICE
Lyonne continued by explaining: 'Plan was to be bushy tailed & beauty rested, as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved @DrewBarrymore, upon landing.
'Was looking forward to seeing Drew & an in depth convo, but I guess ICE had other plans & I was detained instead. Sign of the times, I guess.'
Lyonne was reportedly asked to leave an aircraft bound for New York City late Tuesday night after she failed to respond to flight attendant instructions, hours after attending the Euphoria season 3 premiere on Tuesday
The actress is said to have appeared 'out of it' before being kicked off the Delta flight bound for New York (stock image)
The staff were eventually able to retrieve her laptop and the plane taxied onto the runway before it returned to the gate, where a Delta staffer boarded to speak to Lyonne.
'Ma’am, do you need medical attention?' the employee reportedly asked Lyonne. 'Ma’am, I need you to come off the plane. Do you need help with your belongings?'
The incident comes three months after Lyonne revealed she had suffered a relapse after being sober for nearly 10 years - pictured April 7
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A witness observed Lyonne being given instructions by multiple flight attendants, and the actress was reportedly dozing off during the mishap. She was heard telling flight attendants at one point: 'Ah! You scared me!'
'Anyone out there struggling, remember you're not alone,' her written message continued on Saturday, January 24.
'Grateful for love and smart feet. Gonna do it for baby Bambo. Stay honest, folks. Sick as our secrets.'
The New York City native took to social media in January saying she felt better after her relapse
She was heard telling staff after apparently getting startled at one point: 'Ah! You scared me!'
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Lyonne was making headlines in the early to mid-2000s but not the nice kind: a drunk-driving arrest, a run-in with a neighbor resulting in a court appearance, hospitalization for hepatitis C, a collapsed lung, infective endocarditis and later open-heart surgery to correct damage done.
In 2006, at age 27, she checked into an inpatient rehab for treatment for her drug and alcohol abuse.
'Eventually, I made it through those dark nights of the soul,' Lyonne told The Times in 2024.
Lyonne has seen a career resurgence in her 40s, and recently she has shifted her focus away from starring roles to directing, writing and producing, such as the 1980s-set boxing film Bambo.
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