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    Alec Baldwin's Words With Friends Addiction Gets Him Booted Off Plane

    Alec Baldwin likes Words With Friends, the scrabble game available on multiple platforms including the iPhone, so much that he missed a flight because of it.

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    On Tuesday, Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines plane at the Los Angeles International Airport and had to switch to a different flight.

    It's unclear if Baldwin was actually booted off the plane because he had refused to turn off his phone, but according to his tweets, it definitely had to do something with the popular game.

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    "Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving. #nowonderamericaairisbankrupt," tweeted Baldwin on Tuesday.

    He continued to lash out at American Airlines after the incident with a barrage of scrabble-related jokes. "Now, as I was kicked off this flight, the word I was playing was UNITED," tweeted Baldwin, alluding to another airline company.

    American Airlines tried to reach Baldwin via Twitter and said in a statement the company would not "comment on something that might or might not have happened."

    Zynga's Words With Friends is a scrabble game that lets you take turns against your opponents at your own pace. The game is known to be highly addictive, and for Baldwin, it seems, waiting a couple of hours was not an option.

    Image courtesy of iStockphoto, EdStock

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

     
     
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    43 comments

    • Word  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Too bad for him..But me I am also addicted words with friends games..I did download on my phone because I really love to play the game.I use ANAGRAMMER to give me more hint.
    • rwb  •  Clarks Summit, United States  •  5 mths ago
      i always thought baldwin was an asshole, now i know he is an asshole!!!!!!!!! and, a left wing asshole at that!!!! makes him a double asshole!!!!!!!
      • Kwiatkowski 5 mths ago
        Amen, and Amen!
      • John 5 mths ago
        And a right wing #$%$ would never do anything like this....right??? LOL
    • BaseballNutty  •  Flint, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Fat a@@ hack liberal hypocrite Alec Baldwin. This is the same jackarse who has a $4 million dollar apartment around the corner from where the occupy Wall Street jackarses were in New York. This is the same jackarse that comes down and gives a speech supporting the OWS while on his way to get his 2 million dollar payday for doing a commercial for Capitol One a bank owned credit card company. This fat a@@ hacks hypocrisy is beyond belief.
    • sukiyhtaky  •  Monterey, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Now we can better understand the anger management issues he has. Remember the episode with his daughter. Hey Alec...tweet THIS.
    • StormTracker  •  5 mths ago
      I wonder how much the "Words With Friends" people paid him to pull this little stunt? They are getting a TON of advertising and all Alec had to do was rebook his flight.
    • Chris  •  Catskill, United States  •  5 mths ago
      So Alec Baldwin expected the others on the plane to wait while this self-important celebrity finished his game? Give me a break.
      • JohnL 5 mths ago
        I'm glad the captain took control and booted him off the plane!
    • David  •  Irvine, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Alec Baldwin didn't get kicked off for playing WWF's, he got kicked off for being a pompous @$$ who thinks the rules don't apply to him. I say "good for you", American Airlines.
    • J  •  Birch Tree, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Typicall 1 %...thinks the rules dont apply for him. He isnt an addict. He is an inconsiderate ass. And he didnt "miss" his flight- he made it. But had to inconvenience everyone else by not turning off his Ipad like EVERYONE else.
      • Rava Remember 5 mths ago
        The facts aren't in yet. But facts and evidence don't matter to you. You just make ignorant judgments.
      • Tan Tu Ning 5 mths ago
        He has a friend?
    • internet idiot  •  5 mths ago
      I'm not positive but turning off cell phones has something to do with insuring the signals don't interfere with the plane or air traffic cntrol tower... but having the "It's all about me" mentality that hollywood morons seem to display, he will rationalize in his own little brain that they were personally attacking him! Typical self centered moron!
      • Martin Walker 5 mths ago
        lol, no it doesn#$%$ really about billing. the mobile phone companies systems can't handle the billing when you are in the air and hitting more than one cell at once or moving fast between cells. if the signals were really an issue do you think they'd let us on the airplane with them? You've been had mate!
      • Chris K 5 mths ago
        Actually, turning off electronics started with the advent of laptops and other similar bulky equipment. In the event of an emergency they didn't want heavy electronics hindering an exit, or flying around the cabin hitting people in the head. With cell phones, they don't want someone glued to their phone ignoring emergency instructions from the flight crew. It was simpler to ban electronic devices.

        There has never been, not once, a proven technical incident caused by consumer electronics on a plane.

        "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T SWITCH OFF YOUR WIFI"... except now it's "that'll be $10 for WiFi for the entire length of the flight, sir".

        Personally, I'd rather be hit in the head by a flying kindle than a flying hardback book, and yet hardbacks are OK while kindles are not. Just like everything, what started as a sensible policy has failed to evolve with the times and now no-one remembers WHY electronics = bad at take of and landing, it's just a blanket hysterical "turn it off now!"

        p.s. it's up to each airline to decide what equipment is permitted at take off and landing.
    • IntellectualDementia  •  St. Louis, United States  •  5 mths ago
      the actual cause was Alec Baldwin's addiction to being a self-centered a$$hole.
    • Terry Mitchell  •  Austin, United States  •  5 mths ago
      He knows all about flight operations, he played a pilot, remember? And he stayed at a Holiday Inn last night....
      • Rava Remember 5 mths ago
        That doesn't even make sense.
      • Randy 5 mths ago
        It's from a commercial Rava
    • Always Amazed  •  Audubon, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Wow, Alec Baldwin's views sure made this non-story a flame magnet.
    • Tom  •  Easton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Alec, join the rest of the lowly people. Get you head out of your #$%$
    • john  •  Seattle, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I have an opinion.
    • JPMinVA  •  5 mths ago
      This should certainly help AA get out of financial trouble. I boycott anything Alec Baldwin supports so the opposite is also true. Good job AA.
    • Eagle  •  5 mths ago
      He can spell?
    • Dude  •  Dallas, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I'm anervous flyer anyway, and this jerk wants to upset everyone over a stupid gane ...a grade A ass
    • Randy  •  5 mths ago
      I hate Alec Baldwin's politics but I think he is brilliant and funny as an actor. So, I'm not going to "boycott" anything he's in but I will say, Alec...you're an #$%$ When they say turn off your phone...TURN OFF YOUR PHONE. Doesn't matter whether you're moving. It interferes with the pilot's communications
    • gildo9  •  5 mths ago
      ONCE AN A H()LE ALWAYS AN A H0LE
    • internet idiot  •  5 mths ago
      and what is Mashable... and who is this so called journalist writing about this dribble! Can't you go to the front lines of the war and find some real celebrities to write about!
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