Actress Andie MacDowell riled up social media over the weekend when she took to Twitter to complain that she had been bumped from her flight’s first-class cabin and was made to sit in “tourist” class.
In a tweet sent to American Airlines’s official account, the Groundhog Day and Magic Mike XXL star said she had paid for a first-class ticket on a recent flight, but was placed in coach because the plane did not have room for her new rescue dog, Ava.
https://twitter.com/AndieMacDowell3/status/690669813924950016
Of course, Twitter users were quick to criticize the actress for complaining about “first world problems.”
https://twitter.com/OnePlyWiper/status/690696333728985088
@AndieMacDowell3 Another whining celebrity.. Get over it! Did you pay extra for the dog? @AmericanAir
— Rex Morrow (@DaKwozzie) January 24, 2016
MacDowell defended herself in a series of follow-up tweets, saying she was simply upset because an airline official was “the rudest person [she] had ever had to deal with” and that she paid for first class and wanted to sit where she paid to sit.
I'm very happy flying in coach I'm happy on a bus or the subway but if I play for first class, that's where I want to be,that was the point
— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016
@alexe_fortier lord honey hate on me if it pleases you, I paid for a flight to volunteer for literacy & didn't get what I paid for
— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016
@AmericanAir Amanda checked man in Charlotte North Carolina was the rudest person I have ever had to deal with
— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016
MacDowell later said she was happy to be sitting in coach, and she said she’d learned a “lesson” about posting complaints to Twitter:
Lessons learned never,complain on Twitter & don't pay for first class on American Airlines, only express gratitude…can we move on now💗
— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016
Isn't there anything interesting happening on Twitter today that can attract people in a more positive direction 💗💗💗
— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 25, 2016
The three-time Golden Globe-nominated MacDowell most recently starred in the Hallmark Channel original series Cedar Cove, which wrapped up its three-season-long run this year.
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