Word on the Curb has it that Jonathan Rhys Meyers used a racial slur against an airline employee during that drunken tirade that got him banned from United Airlines last weekend.
The star of the Showtime series The Tudors reportedly used the “N” word when he was reprimanded for drunk and disorderly conduct at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City early Saturday.
An airline employee has confirmed to RadarOnline.com that the 32-year-old star used the word “n****r” when he was told he couldn’t board the morning flight to Los Angeles. Other airline workers claim the actor was “pounding drinks” in the first class lounge and was becoming increasingly drunk and rowdy — even though it was only 7 AM. He then tried to board his flight but was refused entry due to his “out of control behavior.”
Officials were unable to elaborate any further on the report because of passenger privacy laws, but it is believed that Meyer has received a lifetime ban from traveling with United Airlines following the alcohol-soaked outburst.
The actor has been in trouble twice before with airport staff for similar issues. In 2007, the repeat rehabber was arrested at a Dublin airport and charged public drunkeness and disturbing the peace. Both charges were later dismissed. Two years later, in June 2009, he was arrested after allegedly attacking staffers at a bar in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport.