According to News of the World, Britney Spears refused to fly on plane because the seats were not leather. Britney waited until her Los Angeles to Orlando flight had closed the doors before declaring she wanted off the plane. Passengers were delayed an hour, so that Britney and her entourage could be let off the plane. Needless to say the passengers are no longer Britney Spears fans.
Tony Sanchez, who took the picture, described what it was like on the plane, "It was quite astonishing. The doors had been closed for about ten minutes, everyone was strapped in and the plane was about to taxi to the runway when Britney got up and said she had to get off. She just said 'I don't want to fly on this plane. It hasn't got leather seats.' I heard everything but most people were left wondering what was going on, so the captain was forced to make an apology to all the other passengers over the tannoy. He said a passenger wanted to get off so he had to respect their wishes. He didn't say it was Britney Spears but I guess he couldn't really. Some people were getting really annoyed because of the delay. Eventually the walk-on tunnel was brought back, the doors re-opened and Britney and her entourage-another girl and two men-all got off. "Then there was a further delay because their bags had to be found and taken off too. It was quite a fiasco but she didn't seem to care about anything except getting off that plane. "All the passengers were furious. It's not something you see every day,"
If I were the pilot I would've made her stay on the plane and found the most uncomfortable chair for her to sit on. Can't anyone say no to her?
Simon Cowell is defending American Idol's first winner Kelly Clarkson over the whole record debacle. Here is what he told Entertainment Weekly about the whole situation, ''Kelly is not a puppet; she does not like to be told what to do. She could have gone the easy route, which is, you go with ['Since U Been Gone' producer] Max Martin — it's a guaranteed success. She made it absolutely clear that she wanted to steer the musical direction on this record. You just gotta say, 'You know what? This girl has given us millions and millions of sales.' You've got to give her that opportunity. If it works out, fantastic. If she then decides she wants to do a pop album, every good writer and producer wants to work with her. Because Kelly will be here for 30 years. She has one of the best pop voices in the world right now. What she sold in the U.K., Europe, Asia had nothing to do with American Idol. It had everything to do with the fact that she made a great record and she's got an incredible voice. She's not a girl who got lucky in a talent competition; we got lucky to find her.'' You know what he is 100% right. Clive Davis should be kissing her a$$ because she is his biggest current seller and no matter how different the sound of this album is, she is going to sell like crazy.
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