Jump to full article: San Francisco Chronicle blogs, 2008-04-11
Intro: Courtney Love was banned from traveling on a flight after she was caught openly flouting U.S. anti-smoking laws by having a cigarette in airport departure lounge.
The star was due to fly to London from Los Angeles on Monday to attend a gig organized by the charity the Teenage Cancer Trust, but she was refused boarding after she was discovered smoking in the departure lounge.
She says, "I had a cigarette in the first-class lounge, like two hits, and they wouldn't let me on the plane with my daughter (Frances Bean, 15). They made some big thing like I'm a [bleep] terrorist or something.
"It was embarrassing."
A spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic confirmed Love was allowed to fly to London the following evening and has not been blacklisted by the company.
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