Euphoria star Natasha Lyonne spoke out on Thursday after she was spotted being removed from a Delta flight for an onboard disturbance.
“My heart is with all the unpaid TSA agents at our airports. Sure was looking forward to speaking honestly with @DrewBarrymore yesterday but guess wasn’t in the cards. Who owns page six/New York Post now again?" Lyonne, 47, posted on X.
Only a few hours after attending the Season 3 premiere event for HBO’s Euphoria in Los Angeles, Lyonne was escorted off the New York-bound flight, still wearing much of her see-through wardrobe from earlier in the night, an eyewitness told Page Six.
After not responding to crew members’ repeated instructions to close her laptop and buckle her seatbelt, the actress, who was reported to have fallen asleep with her sunglasses on, was asked if she needed medical attention.
A staffer then asked her to grab her belongings and exit the aircraft. Lyonne was seen visibly disoriented.
“Where are we?” she asked a crew member.
“We’re still in L.A. The plane hasn’t gone anywhere,” the staffer responded. “The plane is not going anywhere until you come off it.”
According to the eyewitness, after shushing the gate agent, Lyonne stood up from her first-class seat, walked to the bathroom, and later deboarded without incident while eating pretzels.
The plane departed for New York without Lyonne aboard.
Representatives for Lyonne did not respond to a request for comment after the event.
Ostensibly, the actress had taken the red-eye flight for an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show to promote Euphoria, which she joined for its third season, premiering this Sunday on HBO.
Known for her Emmy-nominated roles in Orange Is the New Black, Russian Doll, and Poker Face, Lyonne has been outspoken about her struggles with addiction. She has earned the reputation as a “wild child” for her extensive history of erratic behavior and abuse of drugs and alcohol.
She had previously entered a rehab facility in 2006 and struggled with sobriety through much of the 2000s. Lyonne suffered serious health complications as a result, including a heart infection, a collapsed lung, and hepatitis C.
“Spiraling into addiction is really, really scary,” the actress said in a 2012 interview about that period of her life. “It’s weird to talk about. I was definitely as good as dead, you know? A lot of people don’t come back.”
In January, the actress revealed that she had relapsed after years of sobriety. In a series of X posts, Lyonne said that “recovery is a lifelong process,” and that she was “doing a whole lot better & back on her feet.”
She expressed gratitude to fans who “stood by and were so supportive,” and acknowledged that she wants to both keep her sobriety journey private and share her experience with others.
