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Green Day Singer Kicked Off Flight for Baggy Pants

Billie Joe Armstrong refuses Southwest request to pull them up

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2011 6:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong learned about airline security the hard way: He got booted off his Southwest Airlines flight this week because he refused to hike up his baggy pants, reports San Francisco's ABC 7. When a flight attendant asked him to comply before takeoff, he responded, "Don't you have better things to do than worry about that?" He and his traveling partner were eventually taken off the plane.

"Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f**k? No joke!" Armstrong tweeted Thursday. Southwest followed up with an apologetic tweet to him, and Armstrong was able to catch the next flight to Burbank. Click for more, or to read about another saggy-pants passenger.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Oct. 29, 2010.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Oct. 29, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ronald Reyes)
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Oct. 29, 2010.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs at the Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday Oct. 29, 2010.   (AP Photo/Ronald Reyes)
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WallyEFunk
Sep 4, 2011 10:19 AM CDT
There are various city's that are looking to bad the practice, of course the plumbers unions are fighting such laws...  Conan O'Brian
awojoone1
Sep 4, 2011 12:36 AM CDT
Got the laugh of the year  at Metro airport at the security.   Young man and sagggy pants, he went through the scanner.  The tsa told   him  :pu your hands  up,  he did  and his saggy butt jeans hit the floor "  WE   had a  great laugh at his expense.   this  person didnt care..  Then he had to go to secondary search..   WE were laughing our butts off !!!!! 
youngblood
Sep 3, 2011 6:30 PM CDT
Armstrong is 40 years old, dude grow up already! Who the hell wants to see your underwear?!

 
baggy pants • airport security • Southwest Airlines • Green Day • Billie Joe Armstrong

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