Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kennedy Airport for apparently playing Words With Friends.
Baldwin tweeted that he was "reamed out" by a flight attendant for playing the Scrabble-like game while the airplane sat at the gate, not moving (full tweets below).
Michael Wolf, a former president of MTV, was on the flight and tweeted "Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait."
Officials said police did not respond to the incident.
American Airlines is not officially commenting, but did release a statement through a spokeperson.
"Because of our privacy policies at the airline, we will not comment on what may or may not have happened to a passenger on a flight," the spokesman said.
However, AA did join in the tweeting: "Our flight attendants were following federal safety procedures on electronic devices when aircraft door is closed."
Baldwin's spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik, said the actor loves the game so much that he was willing to leave the plane to play. The "30 Rock" star got on another American Airlines flight.
Alec Baldwin's Tweets:
Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt #theresalwaysunited Last flight with American. Where Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants." But, oddly, 30 Rock plays inflight on American. #theresalwaysunited United Airlines should buy Words With Friends. Now on the 3 o'clock American flight. The flight attendants already look.....smarter. #theresalwaysunited Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's find jobs as flight attendants. Now, as I was kicked off this flight, the word I was playing was UNITED My words with friends user name is now #theresalwaysunited United shud hav app onboard where u can play WWF w other passengers. American shud have app where u read the new testament w flt attendants
Other passengers, who were delayed an hour by Baldwin's antics, didn't find the situation amusing.
"He was on his phone, and he didn't want to get off his phone," one passenger said. "Then he snuck into the bathroom."
Sitting in first class with a ringside view was former boxing champ Oscar de la Hoya.
"He just got a little angry," de la Hoya said.
And so did many of other passengers.
"He was very rude, caused us to be delayed, not very considerate," a passenger said.
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