Arianna Huffington Removed From Plane After BlackBerry Feud

By Jett Wells Posted Jan 11th 2011 01:06PM

Media Mogul Arianna Huffington Removed From Plane Over Blackberry Feud

When airline authorities first made the rule to turn off your cell phones before takeoff, they clearly didn't take into account the impending era of "the CrackBerry." The New York Post reports that Huffington Post founder and media titan Arianna Huffington wasn't quite ready to put her BlackBerry phone down during takeoff for her short flight from Washington, D.C., to NYC over the weekend, prompting a jabber match with a nearby passenger and an escorted removal by security after landing.

"She wouldn't turn off her BlackBerry, even when we pushed back from the gate," one passenger told Valleywag."We took off, and it became apparent that the phone was still on, which very much upset her neighbor."

After the passenger, Ellis Bellodof, 53, repeatedly asked Huffington, 60, to turn her phone off at around 10PM, the two caused a disturbance and were removed from the plane for questioning after landing in New York's LaGuardia Airport. Both were released without charges.

After the incident blew over, Huffington's publicist could only make jokes about the matter.

"There was a passenger who seemed upset. Arianna thought he didn't like the snacks. Guess not. Maybe he was an iPhone fan. As you know, the battle between iPhone lovers and BlackBerry users can get pretty heated," Huffington's rep Mario Ruiz told the Post.

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Tuesday 11 January

By John

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Libtards are all the same. They want rules but don't want to follow them.

And Greenred, you are an idiot. What makes any war, "legal"?

By Enough Already

Rules apply to everyone else except, of course, if you lean to the left. No respect for rules or authority.

By Bill

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I would have just grabbed the damm thing out of her hands

By legitane

Rudeness has nothing to do with party affiliation...she thinks her kaka doesn't stink !!

By marie

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I think the tattle tale next to her should mind their bees wax!!!! For that matter I think everybody should keep their nose in their own business and the whole world would get along a lot better!

By Tiffany

LoL, oh gesh, it is EVERYONES business when someone on a plane is not following the rules...the rule is in place for a reason, don't be an idiot...I guess you are one of those feels you are above the rules too.

By DMAC

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Absolutely right

By pjmqone05

With everything that happened this weekend we take a stupid cell phone story and start calling each other all sorts of names THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL
We a doomed as a nation because we cant have any kind of civil dialouge.

By Bagger

greenred you are braindead.

By lori walker

Bush came in and had to clean up the mess Clinton ignored

By Joe

Some right wing nut just trying to stir up the crap.

This is my last post on the internet ever- I want to be part of the solution not part of the problem. Most of these posts are evuivalent to writting on the Port Authority or High School bathroom wall.
I really feel now that these message boards and blogging sites do nothing to lift society up only knock it down with hate.

By kpingzing

Old huff and puff thinks the rules dont apply to her typical liberal witch.

By Dave

Some right wing idiot who hates Democrats probably instigated the whole incident. Ms. Huffington was played for a good story. Grow up America.

By Janine

Rivalry between Blackberry users & iphone user??Great "cover-up" for someone who wants to do as they please.She should have been fined like anyone else would be.

By SkyDiveWitNoChuteBitch

And what was the dipsh*t's excuse for not following orders? Maybe she doesn't understand English?? Or was she just too stupid to do so? What a useless waste of air; just like Huffington Post.

By JC

All this fuss over a blackberry? Why couldn't she just eat blueberries or strawberries instead? What a whiny, spoiled brat!

By jo

Typical liberal entitlement mentality....I am entitled to use my blackberry, rules or no rules!

By jaywest71

Can we please have her removed from this country.

To Tiffany:: No BROWN NOSE I just happen to think that with all the other CRAP going on right now we don 't need more dip**its like you trying to "FEEL " like little heros because they tattled on something so stupid when the guy in front of them may have been plotting some REAL sh*t you know like 9/11???? , but we had to be busy breaking up some playground like bs!!! Anymore ?'S???

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