The plane had just landed, but he was ready to take off.
A JetBlue flight attendant blew his top, grabbed some beer and bolted out an emergency slide at Kennedy Airport Monday – then headed home to have sex with his boyfriend.
After he was bonked in the head by a bag, Steven Slater stunned passengers by spewing profanity and ranting about quitting as the flight from Pittsburgh pulled up to the gate about noon.
“To the f—–g a–hole who told me to f–k off, it’s been a good 28 years,” Slater, 38, purred, cops said. “I’ve had it. That’s it,” he added, a passenger said.
The mad-as-hell steward grabbed a couple of beers and popped one open before activating the emergency exit, witnesses told airport employees. After tossing his two carry-on bags on the slide, he followed them to the tarmac.
Slater – who actually first started working for airlines 20 years ago, not 28 – then walked to the AirTrain, stripped off his company tie and flung it off as bemused passengers watched.
“I wish we could all quit our jobs like that,” said passenger Phil Catelinet, 36, of Brooklyn, who was on the flight and the AirTrain.
“He seemed kind of happy about it. He was like, ‘I just quit my job.’ “
Port Authority police said it took jetBlue 25 minutes to report the incident, allowing Slater time to leave the scene.
Cops found him in bed with his boyfriend when they arrived to arrest him at a beachfront home in the Rockaways with a porch overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, sources said. Click here to see a short clip of Steven being taken away in handcuffs while throwing a “Yeah…AND?” smirk at the cameras.
Slater was wearing a sheepish smile when Port Authority detectives walked him to a waiting van a few hours later. He was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.
JetBlue would not say how long Slater had worked for the airline, but he wrote on his MySpace page that he was “enjoying being back in the skies” after a five-year break.
source: JetBlue flight attendant who went nuts was in bed with boyfriend when found by cops [ny daily news]
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Most celebrities are pretty screwed up in the head so it’s no surprise nearly all of them have meltdowns and burnouts, here is a list of some of the biggest ones in recent memory.
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Pheonix’s personal meltdown became more and more noticeable as his beard grew longer and the shades stopped coming off. The climax of it all was when he appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman. Avoiding eye contact behind his shades, barely speaking and stating that he planned on retiring his acting career to start his rap career, Joaquin shocked us all. His entire meltdown was actually captured on camera as a documentary known as I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix by Casey Affleck, and is said to come out in September.
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson takes the cake right now for most out of control celebrity. Five tapes have been released recording Mel’s outrageous conversations with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. Outraged, he threatened to burn the house down, demanded sex, and made numerous threats to Oksana. Unfortunately in the middle of all this is their 9-month-old daughter who the couple is fighting custody for.
Heidi Montag
You can’t be too normal and under control if you’re married to Spencer Pratt. Thus, Heidi Montag also has some serious issues of her own. Allowing Spencer to micromanage her life before finally splitting up was one fall for the mountain gal. She also at one point joined in on Spencer’s obsessive belief of crystals, and had 13 plastic surgery procedures done. Her next aspiration is H sized breast implants which stand for Heidi. If only we all dreamed so big!
Sean Penn
Speaking of meltdowns, Sean Penn does come to mind. The actor was recently videotaped kicking and apparently punching a celebrity photographer. Penn also threatened the photographer stating that the next time he sees him he’ll put him in a box. Now Sean is sentenced to three years of informal probation and 300 hours of community service.
David Hasslehoff
David Hasslehoff had his meltdown caught on tape in 2007. The clip showed the former Baywatch star intoxicated and incoherent as he sprawled out on the bathroom floor and ate a cheeseburger. The clip was shot by the elder of Hasselhoff and ex-wife Pamela Bach’s two children. David has struggled with alcohol addiction, but has since made an effort toward recovery.
Britney Spears
What goes up must come down, and Britney Spears is testament to that. The pop icon married and divorced dancer Kevin Federline years ago and that’s when her bizarre behavior began. A stint in rehab later, she lost custody of her two sons, shaved her head and then grew it all back. Just recently she had a major mood swing last month when she started screaming and making angry faces outside of a Starbucks.
Whitney Houston
The drama surrounding Whitney Houston’s life can be attributed to Bobby Brown quite easily, but in 2002, Whitney had an interview with Diane Sawyer that made her look ridiculous. Instead of clearing the rumors about her drug use and answering whether or not she ever used crack cocaine, Whit stated, “Crack is Whack,” the now famous quote. Prior to recently cleaning up her act, she also appeared everywhere looking like a total mess, and everyone could tell that wasn’t the Whitney who sang I Will Always Love You.
Lindsay Lohan
After Lindsay Lohan completed two stints in rehab and received two DUIs, she was charged with possession of cocaine and driving on a suspended license. On top of this the young star pulled a no-show at a mandatory progress review hearing and was forced to wear a SCRAM bracelet which went off two weeks later. Now she faces 90 days in jail and Lilo’s usual punishments can’t top this one.
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise looks good in anything and doing anything, but watching him jump up and down on Oprah’s couch on national television had us all wondering. Yes, shouting out how much you love Katie Holmes is cute but its a little odd when you criticize Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression. However, at the end of the day Tom seems to have cooled off a bit recently.
Spencer Prat
Somehow we haven’t seen Spencer Pratt in court yet, but we’re sure it wouldn’t be a surprise. Unlike most stars caught in controversy, Spencer is stuck in his own little world. Spencer has been seen too-seriously sprinting through trails in full camo-gear, glasses, boots and knapsack. Before getting kicked off The Hills, friends started questioning his sanity and obsession with crystals. Pratt also dressed up as an older man and creepily stood across the street of the Roosevelt Hotel for The Hills finale event.
Who do you think is missing from this list? I would add Christian Bale for his batman rants and abusing his mother, I would also add Naomi Campbell for her explosive temper and then of course Courtney Love‘s whole life.
source: Famous Celebrity Meltdowns & Burnouts [OK!]
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Madonna reportedly had a ‘meltdown” after some technical difficulties affected one of her shows last night.
The Material Girl singer — who was in Nice, France, for the French leg of her Sticky & Sweet world tour — was furious after the massive screens bought in for the multi-million dollar show went blank during several songs.
A source tells British publication the London Paper, “Madonna sets very high standards for herself and for those working around her, so when things go wrong she gets annoyed.
“With so many friends in the audience it was doubly annoying for her.”
U2 frontman Bono was spotted in the crowd, carrying cigars in his top pocket while dancing with a group of friends. David and Victoria Beckham also flew into France especially for the show, while Elton John and husband David Furnish cheered enthusiastically from their VIP seats.
The Sticky & Sweet tour, which has been described as a “rock driven dancetastic journey”, features four acts: Pimp; Old School; Gypsy; and Rave.
source: showbiz spy
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