Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and talk show host, was kicked off an international flight on Sunday, when a Continental Airlines gate agent determined that her passport was suspicious. Rivers was returning to the United States from Costa Rica in Central America.
Her passport reads: Joan Rosenberg AKA Joan Rivers. Rosenberg was her late husband’s last name.
Rivers’ experience lays bear the nightmare that airline travelers face, in the wake of the failed undiebomber attack on Christmas Day and which many stay leaves them feeling like common criminals.
nydailynews: “If I were going to make up an alias, I wouldn’t pick Rosenberg. I’d pick Jolie or Pitt,” said Rivers, back home Monday in New York with her sense of humor intact. “Do terrorists wear Manolo Blahniks? I can tell you Donna Karan does not make anything that hides a bomb,” she said.
“I tried the tears; they didn’t work. I tried reasoning. I couldn’t bribe because I didn’t have any money,” she said. “I said ‘I’m going to have a heart attack over this,’ so the woman called the paramedics.”
