A celebrity in coach?! Do tell!
So, on my American Eagle flight from Portland to Los Angeles on the E175 this past week (my favorite commuter plane), I grabbed my seat in Main Cabin Extra. Then after a few minutes, I noticed a guy holding a real nice duffel bag boarding the plane, and then my mum was like “I think he’s a celebrity”.
Then it hit me.
I was thinking about all those commercials for Santa Clarita Diet (the new Netflix TV show), and the guy in the show looked like him. But what was his name….
Mum: “It’s Timothy Olyphant!!” (directed to me of course, she did not scream this on the plane, that would be embarrassing). Turns out dad remembered him from the Hitman movie and told her. It was definitely him (Same hairstyle, he looked the same on google images, i give it 99% certainty). Also, he’s known for being the main star of the FX TV show Justified (2010-2015).
Picture proof! He did a nice celebrity photobomb to my picture of the E175 seat and seatback pocket 🙂
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- Picture of an E175’s Seatback Pocket featuring Timothy Olyphant
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- Official Poster of the TV show he’s in (Image: Dread Central)
I was really shocked he flew coach! But to be honest, Main Cabin Extra isn’t that much worse than first class on a E175.
This was a fun surprise! If only Drew Barrymore was on the plane too… :O
Have I seen any other celebs on planes?
Well, I don’t devote my time and energy to scout out a celebrity, but when I flew on Delta One from JFK-LAX on a B767 two years ago, I noticed a lady (with nice luggage) and her dog.
Turns out it was Star Jones, who used to be on the View. She sat in the same row as me in 3D and put her dog on the extra table space closer to the window. She even had a doggy potty pad and I felt bad for the flight attendant who had to dispose of it…
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- Delta One on a B767 if you’re interested.
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- I sat in 3A on this Delta One flight two years ago!
How do I spot a celebrity?
Well, of the two celebrities I noticed (there could have been more I didn’t see), they all had nice carry on luggage. So, I would say that could be a good sign!
Have any of y’all seen a celebrity on a plane? Any fun stories to share?! Comment below!
Cheers,
theresorttraveler
Watched the women’s World Cup finale in 2015 with Paul Ruud at the Virgin Clubhouse in JFK. We were going to London. He was going to the Antman premiere there. They made the final call for boarding and I said we need to get going. Paul says we’ve got a few minutes to watch the end (there was like 90 seconds left). We were upstairs in Upper Class. I assume he was downstairs because I didn’t see him after getting on. We did run into him or rather the red carpet premiere in Leicester Square a few days later on… Read more »
Woah that’s cool! Thanks for the share!
“Flied”???!!!!!
flew, thanks for the catch!
Once got upgraded to first on Delta flight LAX to NYC red eye in 2014, the seat next to me was empty and just before the door closed a women walked in wearing a hoodie and hat and she sat next to me , before the flight attendant because she safety talk the women sitting next to me asked would I be willing to switch seats, she wanted the window I said okay and then she smiled and took off her hat and glasses and I was Jennifer Lopez, she snored , it was the sexiest snore ever
Haha, that’s pretty cool! Thanks for the share.