Chrissy Teigen’s 11-Hour Flight Mysteriously Turned Around Halfway Through, So She Started Live-Tweeting The Whole Damn Thing
Chrissy Teigen is perhaps the most beloved celebrity of our time, but that’s no surprise. Not only is she funny, but she’s incredibly relatable and not afraid to to tell the world. Her social media presence will almost make you feel like she’s your friend — you know, just a really popular friend. Still, she uses outlets like Twitter to interact with fans, asking them for advice and broadcasting the latest happenings in her life.
So when she started tweeting about how her 11-hour flight mysteriously got turned around four hours in, it’s no surprise that the thread went viral as everyone began tuning in to see wtf was happening with her.
a flying first for me: 4 hours into an 11 hour flight and we are turning around because we have a passenger who isn’t supposed to be on this plane. Why…why do we all gotta go back, I do not know
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
So many questions and I have no answers. Either do they. This person must be mortified though
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Trust me, the whole thing is pretty wild. Fans were sure to keep a close eye on what was happening.
https://twitter.com/JensenClan88/status/945836935259418624
what is happening how do you know more than I do. I’m still in the sky! https://t.co/0c4q8TKcwN
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Teigen claimed that all the crew would tell her was that someone had gotten on the plane that shouldn’t be there, which is a pretty mortifying mistake if that’s the case. But also… what?
Lmao after all this I will have spent 8 hours on a flight to nowhere. Like we were all just havin a great time up here flyin in the sky watching gran torino time to go home now
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
This person is so lucky that we will all have to deplane. Imagine having to walk off alone. The shame!
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
I don’t know why I’m not more upset about this. The pleasure I get out of the story is worth more to me than a direct flight to Tokyo
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
After all, is one person going to the wrong place enough to turn a plane with 150 people around?
I won’t be able to sleep until I know how this person figured out they were on the wrong flight. That’s all I ask. 150 people have been majorly inconvenienced, please, just tell me
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Why did we all get punished for this one person’s mistake? Why not just land in Tokyo and send the other person back? How is this the better idea, you ask? We all have the same questions.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
They keep saying the person had a United ticket. We are on ANA. So basically the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
But, sure enough, Teigen ended up landing in the same airport she’d taken off from.
LAX —> LAX flight complete. Flight time, 8 hours and 20 minutes.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
The Internet had plenty of jokes for Teigen, which, naturally, she loved. (Also, can you imagine being on an 8 hour flight from LAX to LAX with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend? Iconic.)
My first tweet can’t be more epic than this: just survived an 8-hour LAX-LAX flight with @chrissyteigen and @johnlegend on #ANA #NH175 pic.twitter.com/yY0vIqfcja
— Raffy (@Raffywu) December 27, 2017
@chrissyteigen walking off her flight like. pic.twitter.com/fM33oGgjHA
— Carly Heading (@carlyylalaa) December 27, 2017
I booked your return flight. pic.twitter.com/ShPIggZoeO
— Kyle McMahon (@KMacMusic) December 27, 2017
ANA boarding pass machines pic.twitter.com/nmuqxZLIVG
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
But even when the plane landed, things didn’t go so smoothly — and that’s when Teigen started to get suspicious of what was happening.
There is a 20 minute interview before we can get off the plane!! This is my dream. Police! Talk to me talk to me
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
they put our plane in a secure area. We can’t be near the common folk 🙁
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Still on the plane. Starting to get a little…as james franco in spring breakers would say… spicious
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Seriously, this seems a little more dramatic than just some person getting on the wrong plane.
ok I’m officially ready to say something is up
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Police were interviewing all the people seated around the mystery person once we got off the plane. Why would they do this! I MUST KNOW MORE
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
no one will spill anything 🙁 I wish I had more for you guys. I wish I could be your snowden
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
*quits whatever my job is to devote my life to this likely very simple mistake*
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
While the mysterious plane debacle was being sorted out by authorities, Chrissy was sent to a room with a TV to wait it out for a while. As you can imagine, she wasn’t pleased — I mean, sure, The Real Housewives is great, but not when there’s a real-life mystery to solve!
I have been moved to a room with Bravo. Clearly the authorities are trying to keep me quiet so I don’t BLOW THE LID OFF THIS “SITCH” pic.twitter.com/ohhpCmjviG
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Breaking pic.twitter.com/8WPEFZ4sh4
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Sorry the video broke up. Clearly the feds are trying to silence me
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Seriously, I know Chrissy is much prettier and richer and more popular than I will ever be, but can we be friends???
Was just informed that this exact scenario was what I made everyone do for my pan am birthday m
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
People had a lot of questions about what was going on, and Chrissy at least tried to answer some of them.
https://twitter.com/lisarinna/status/945889304932368384
I’m in a room with water and a tv! The government is using real housewives to keep me quiet !!!!!! https://t.co/ypPVjAF85C
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Are you allowed to leave the room?
— Julia Wick (@sherlyholmes) December 27, 2017
Yeah it’s a lounge but I like to call it a room for drama’s sake https://t.co/lBIglAqFBm
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
After a certain point, her updates became less about what had happened to the flight and more about what was happening in the lounge, where she and her boo ate ramen and watched TV. Okay, I can think of worse things than eating instant ramen while cuddling up with John Legend.
They….they gave me ramen pic.twitter.com/0o9tk0wPrQ
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
We live here now. This is our new life pic.twitter.com/ero7e5kFOm
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
But hours later, nothing had changed.
I just woke up. Still here!
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
No one will answer my questions. I told them I won’t tell anybody but I think they know what’s happening here on the Twitter https://t.co/MlA69QUoHm
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Though eventually, Chrissy at least did get on another flight, which, by that point, seemed like a miracle.
Getting on another flight now oh bless
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Though honestly even that seemed super bizarre.
Yoda is in a seat and they’re playing Star Wars music
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
But out of this whole mess, the best thing that probably came from it were the weird conspiracy theories about how the plane was probably turned around because Chrissy and John Legend were wanted by the authorities, probably in relation to the Illuminati.
Hands down my favorite takes of the night. Not just 2 people wanting to go to tokyo for new year’s eve and sushi nope pic.twitter.com/axMO0bwdqf
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
Come on, guys, if Chrissy Teigen were wanted, do you think she would tweet about the entire thing??? Be rational here.
Luckily, Teigen’s flight finally took off, ending the crazy saga of how Chrissy Teigen and John Legend ended up taking an eight-hour flight from LAX to LAX because “the wrong person got on the plane.”
Taking off!!! Please don’t be the same menu please don’t be the same menu
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 27, 2017
I’m kind of sad that we might never figure out what actually happened, though — obviously it was a bigger deal than the flight attendants were making it out to be. If you figure anything out, Chrissy, please let us know. I’ll be waiting (im)patiently for updates.