{"id":374006,"date":"2026-04-11T04:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374006\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:03:10","slug":"natasha-lyonne-claims-ice-detained-her-after-kicked-off-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/374006\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Lyonne Claims ICE Detained Her After Kicked Off Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/natasha-lyonne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_natasha-lyonne\" data-tag=\"natasha-lyonne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natasha Lyonne<\/a> claimed <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nlyonne\/status\/2042669606456954935?s=46&amp;t=7dEMLEvmtKbqI2lGLTp4lQ\" target=\"_blank\">in a new X post <\/a>that she was \u201cdetained\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ice\" data-tag=\"ice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICE<\/a> after she was kicked off a flight following her April 7 appearance at the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/euphoria\/\" id=\"auto-tag_euphoria\" data-tag=\"euphoria\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Euphoria<\/a>\u201d Season 3 premiere in Hollywood. The Emmy nominee, whose appearance on the \u201cEuphoria\u201d red carpet went viral due to her see-through top, was clarifying widely-circulated reports that claimed she was kicked off a flight from Los Angeles to New York before it took off due to unruly behavior.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/09\/celebrity-news\/natasha-lyonne-kicked-off-delta-flight-after-hbos-la-euphoria-premiere\/\">Page Six<\/a>\u00a0was first to report the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIndeed, I took a Lunesta once seated, to ensure some shut eye on the Delta One red eye flight to NYC,\u201d Lyonne posted on X in response to one of the reports tweeted by E! News. \u201cBoarded seamlessly with just a backpack and sneakers, eager for a nap. Plan was to be bushy tailed &amp; beauty rested, as I was meant to head straight to glam for a slot with our beloved Drew Barrymore upon landing. Was looking forward to seeing Drew &amp; an in depth convo, but I guess ICE had other plans &amp; I was detained instead. Sign of the times, I guess. Thanks for all the love and support. Never had a problem with Delta or TSA before. Heart is with our unpaid TSA workers. Apologies to any travelers who were delayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security denied Lyonne\u2019s claims, issuing the following statement to Variety: \u201cNeither ICE nor TSA escorted or detained Natasha Lyonne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety has reached out to Lyonne\u2019s attorneys for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLyonne first revealed she was heading to New York City to appear on \u201cThe Drew Barrymore Show\u201d in an April 9 post on X in which she called out the Page Six report by writing: \u201cMy heart is with all the unpaid TSA agents at our airports. Sure was looking forward to speaking honestly with Drew Barrymore yesterday but guess wasn\u2019t in the cards. Who owns page six\/New York Post now again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHours after posting, Lyonne popped up in New York City and <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/news\/natasha-lyonne-red-carpet-kicked-off-flight-euphoria-1236713253\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">walked the red carpet<\/a> at the premiere for the Focus Features documentary \u201cLorne.\u201d She also attended the film\u2019s after party, where she took photos with friends such as Seth Meyers and Sarah Sherman.\u00a0Lyonne walked the red carpet with friend Hamer Morgenstern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLyonne\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/natasha-lyonne-relapsed-10-years-sobriety-1236640112\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed in January<\/a>\u00a0on X that she had relapsed and was no longer sober, but she circled back with fans in March to announce she was \u201cdoing a whole lot better and back on her feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for the great reporting, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/enews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@enews<\/a>. 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. Plan was to be bushy tailed &amp; beauty rested, as I was meant to head\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gdRIKJ41Lt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/gdRIKJ41Lt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 natasha lyonne (@nlyonne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nlyonne\/status\/2042669606456954935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natasha Lyonne claimed in a new X post that she was \u201cdetained\u201d by ICE after she was kicked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,64610,2027,64612,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-374006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-euphoria","11":"tag-ice","12":"tag-natasha-lyonne","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}