“Can We Talk?” “No,” Says Airline Security to Joan Rivers

JOAN RIVERS NOT ALLOWED ON FLIGHT

Comic Joan Rivers was barred from getting a flight – because airline officials deemed her passport “suspicious”. The acid-tongued star was trying to fly from Costa Rica to Newark airport in New Jersey. But as she tried to board, the 76-year-old was pulled to one side after a Continental Airlines security agent checked her details.

Her passport reads: “Joan Rosenberg AKA Joan Rivers.” Rosenberg was her late husband’s last name. The fashion-loving Rivers said afterwards: “If I were going to make up an alias, I wouldn’t pick Rosenberg. I’d pick Jolie or Pitt. She told a US newspaper: “I tried the tears; they didn’t work. I tried reasoning. I couldn’t bribe because I didn’t have any money. She eventually managed to get a flight home the following morning, she says.

This outrage was obviously no joke to the legendary comedienne.

[Thanks to Travis Holte]