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Natasha Lyonne Says She Took a Prescription Sedative Before She Was Reportedly Removed from Delta Flight

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[deleted] 2 days ago +331
Wasn’t she stumbling around on the red carpet before this?
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HereOnCompanyTime 2 days ago +267
Yes. But this is the PR answer her team is going to push.
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futuranotfree 2 days ago +52
she literally admitted to relapsing on twitter in january and is generally very ooen, i dont know why she/her team would lie now.
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Anamorphisms 2 days ago +19
Isn’t she starring in a big show that’s about to premiere on hbo? There are some very wealthy people who work on behalf of some very wealthy shareholders who would be inclined to mitigate certain public embarrassments that might serve to undermine the public’s perception of the project, even if she’s a relatively minor part of it. Whether it’s directors sleeping with teenagers, producers punching old ladies at casting calls, OR (like in this case), just as you’re kicking off a marketing campaign which will cost somewhere north of $50 million dollars, a lead actresses seems to have a scheduling conflict, she’s *checks notes* scheduled for a two week long bender. Instead of the promotional circuit, she’s heading down a dark path self-destruction, sniffing and smoking all sorts a drugs, and not planning on stopping. Things are so bad she’s even getting kicked off respectable airlines for behavior would only conceivably be allowed on spirit. Coke, amphetamines, whippets, Chinese looksmaxxing peptides, the girl’s out of control. Years from now this will all be become a great marketing opportunity to sell her comeback comedy tour. But first just she needs to go to rehab and get Olivia munn pregnant. It’s a process, but she’ll get there.
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InSignificantEnTitty 1 day ago +8
So glad I read this all the way through hahaha. Although insensitive, id love to see a show about Natasha Leon navigating relapsing while she’s getting the big break she deserves. Her life does seem like a show in itself.
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PointOfFingers 2 days ago +77
Maybe there was ice on the red carpet.
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cinemacatscoffee 2 days ago +5
I can’t breathe. I’m on the floor.
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duaneap 2 days ago +18
Well, stop resisting 👮
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NotYourGa1Friday 2 days ago +2
So was she
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Difficult_Ad2864 2 days ago +6
She had one right before that too
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No_Use_9652 2 days ago -4
I’m not saying she’s being completely honest here but a medication issue makes more sense than just being trashed. If she was stumbling on the carpet she wouldn’t have made it to the flight on her own two feet.
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FadeTheWonder 2 days ago +33
That is highly dependent on what drug and if it was different ones/cocktails each time.
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago +2
i mean…it was all one evening.. she probably took a Klonopin forgot to eat and had a sip of champagne. thats literally all it takes if you are small enough. happened to me once in college and i was at the time a 170lb man  (still man but went to 230 and came back since then)
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ChinesePizza32 2 days ago +24
Big assumption on your part
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago -7
what is the assumption? all the press is literally from one evening and she has been sober for a while now…
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SteelLegion49 2 days ago +13
Klonopin is a relapse
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago -3
im not saying that was it but it is a commonly prescribed sedative. if its a prescribed sedative and if she doesnt lapse into regular use again then im counting it as the dr’s shit call. but you can be unforgiving and shitty if you want. 
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SteelLegion49 2 days ago +22
I’m an addict, taking Klonopin and getting kicked off a plane is a relapse I don’t gaf
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Rainbow4Bronte 2 days ago +8
I’m knowledgeable in this area. Yeah I’m not prescribing someone with a history of opioid use disorder some benzodiazepines. So, her publicist can say anything. Maybe it was prescribed by a dumb ass. Maybe it wasn’t prescribed at all. Also common sense would dictate that you wouldn’t go on a red carpet noticeably intoxicated unless you have an issue. She has known addiction and she goes on a red carpet on sedatives. By accident. Yeah, sure ok. If you don’t know when you’re too intoxicated that’s also a problem.
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago -6
OK, that’s neat, taking a prescribed sedative and getting kicked off a plane for not doing your seat belt doesnt really sound like a relapse to me, but I’m not trying to evaluate other people’s sobriety in order to uphold my own. or look down on them from my own relapse as the case may be. but maybe putting pressure on addicts to never relapse/be accountable to everyone for any lapse in judgement or trust is actually good for the process and not overly putative and puritanical. so much to think about …
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Anxious-Condition630 2 days ago +9
She’s relapsed at least twice, admittedly this year…what’s a while? It’s a daily struggle.
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livahd 2 days ago +8
I’ve done wild shit on like a beer and a touch of Xanax, and have zero recollection the next day.
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PinchedTazerZ0 2 days ago +7
I ended up with a stop sign attached to a pole in my apartment one day after mixing bars and booze. Glad I don't do that shit anymore but at least I can't remember most of that period
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago +7
bro a beer and any xanax… that was my go to “the walls wont stop vibrating” parachute back in the day…. that said, I think if Natasha doesn’t pull any more shit in the next couple days, it was just a fluke. 
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livahd 2 days ago +2
Yea, I took it occasionally for sleep, but then my wife would find disassembled electronics strewn about the kitchen that I was very intently working on before falling out
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago +2
that sounds more like ambien tbh but they are both gabba agonists 
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livahd 2 days ago +1
Yea, ambien doesn’t really do much for me. Sometimes I had a script for seroquel, which would cause intense munchies then I’d be down for the count. Alprazolam, if I hit the sweet spot I’d be out like a light, but any deviation would cause me to black out and do weird shit. Thank god I’m not violent, cause I can totally see how people wake up the next day not knowing the horror they’ve caused. I’ve never blacked out on alcohol or anything else either, but Xanax is a hell of a drug
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SwingKey3599 2 days ago +1
xanax and kolonopin mixed with alcohol are the only things to ever cause me to black out, i really didnt do them much but that kind of parachute was necessary occasionally when i was hitting the clubs for work. i was prescribed seroquel for my sleep issues too and it caused hormonal issues to me that took years to recover from, every lithium derivative ive taken has fucked with me though. in my more sensible current reality i take melatonin and an excessive amount of early morning exercise to regulate my circadian rhythm by force😅 it kinda works. 
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_AmericasSweetheart_ 1 day ago +1
Should she be using klonopin as a former heroin addict?
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SwingKey3599 1 day ago
it could have just as easily been seroquel. the suggested sedative is not the point
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_AmericasSweetheart_ 1 day ago
From your other comments it sounds like you did not have a healthy relationship with substances. I don't think you should be out here normalizing taking klonopin and alcohol because you were at the club all night.
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SwingKey3599 1 day ago +1
not really normalizing it. but we should definitely clutch our pearls as tightly as possible and make sure lyons feels all of the internets wrath for potentially relapsing! she personally owes you an explanation.
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MF_Kitten 2 days ago +1
Both can be true.
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MRintheKEYS 1 day ago +1
Yes but that was a different prescription
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coglionegrande 1 day ago +1
Get better PR people, Natasha. You had plenty of time to sort out proper dosing prior to boarding with or without adding other substances to the cocktail.
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Zealousideal_Bad_922 2 days ago +1
Well it wasn’t HER prescription! You can’t party on your own scripts, what is this, amateur hour?
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Hungry-Atmosphere22 2 days ago
Yes because she’s a f****** junkie
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Alternative_Fee1447 2 days ago +134
She could barely stand up at the Euphoria premiere. She was leaning on people.
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xX_7HR0W-4W4Y_Xx 2 days ago +37
Plus she looked like she got dressed in the dark
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not_responsible 2 days ago +4
doesn’t mean her xanax wasn’t legally prescribed. Bars do that and it’s a really sad addiction
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Palatialpotato1984 2 days ago +7
if ur taking xanax every day you would have to take way more than 2 mg to be that level of fucked up
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PointOfFingers 2 days ago +211
Making a mistake and getting thrown off a plane then saying you are a victim of ICE is a pretty wild swing.
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wrenbell 2 days ago +163
It was incredibly tone deaf when she said, "ICE had other plans & I was detained instead. Sign of the times, I guess. ." I gawked. BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU MEAN, Natasha???? You're a white, millionaire actress who took a Lunesta before your flight. You got belligerant and wouldn't stow your laptop for take-off, so they kicked you off the plane. ICE didn't detain you. (Even DHS put out a statement saying they weren't involved--not that their word means jackshit, but I digress). Just so tasteless for her to compare this incident to an immigrant's plight.
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lsb1027 2 days ago +28
Honestly I thought it was probably ICE since weren’t they manning the airports these days? That’s how I read it.
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WalterPecky 2 days ago +11
I'm confused by people homing in on the ICE angle. Are they not aware of the whole... TSA not being funded + replaced by ICE agents? 
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Anxious-Condition630 2 days ago +17
ICE went home yesterday after their paychecks showed up. She literally picked the worst day to lie about ICE (like them or not)…they’re at home watching saying “WTF, we’re not even there…” https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/us/ice-leaving-checkpoints Also, unruly passengers were never the jurisdiction for DHS/TSA/ICE/CBP…it’s local police that respond. Watch any video like the lizard lady getting taken out, it’s local police.
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Morningfluid 2 days ago +2
She wasn't listening to the flight attendant and could barely respond. Flight attendant essentially kicked her off. 
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wrenbell 2 days ago +1
to my understanding, usually it's just airport police that handles 'unruly passenger' removals--not TSA. However, I will say...the fact that ICE is being used as supplemental TSA in the first place is so unprecedented. Who knows what other security functions they may have assisted with 🤷🏾‍♀️. Especially when Bovino was in power, they were operating on an 'anything goes' basis. So nothing surprises me anymore.
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Dramatic_View_5340 2 days ago -1
Maybe she said that while still on the medication? And yes, ICE is manning all tsa positions that are open due to them not getting paid right now.
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wrenbell 2 days ago +5
My understanding is that airport police (not TSA) are responsible for doing unruly passenger removals. So, in theory, she still wouldn't have come into contact with ICE at all.
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cherrylimebongwatr 1 day ago +2
This is correct. I was a flight attendant for 5 years and had a very similar situation happen once with a passenger but the gate agent called the police and they came into the aircraft and escorted the woman off and hauled her away. TSA doesn’t get involved with these kind of situations so I don’t see why ICE would either.
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SgtHulkasBigToeJam 2 days ago +58
The celebrity version of “a couple beers” when the cop asks the drunk driver how much they’ve had.
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WyboSF 2 days ago +11
I had a few
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Federal_Coyote813 2 days ago +12
A few what?
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WyboSF 2 days ago +25
A few small beers
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AnySortOfPerson 2 days ago +2
No fear!
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Alarmed_Drop7162 2 days ago +2
I loved this line buried three hours of PTA. What is a small beer, sensai?
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June0424 2 days ago +4
Coupla drinks, Randy
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amaria_athena 2 days ago +25
From someone who has partied before to another… Natasha girl…you are flying high/low. Really. Those pics that are recent. She def using/misusing. Not from a place of judgement. See first sentence. Just hope it ends well.
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CaughtALiteSneez 2 days ago +8
Same… Girl you in trouble.
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twinpinemall85 2 days ago +23
Taking a prescription sedative as someone who had just relapsed?
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tullbabes 2 days ago +11
It doesn’t sound great. Though “sobriety” means different things to different people.
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twinpinemall85 2 days ago +5
That's true! I just hope she's being truthful about it just being a heavy duty prescribed med and nothing else. and if she is being honest, hopefully it doesn't jeopardize anything for her addiction sucks :(
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thrillafrommanilla_1 2 days ago +6
She’s a recovering heroin addict that caused a heart problem. She wouldn’t be able to get her Dr to prescribe that kind of thing.
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sleep-is-but-a-dream 1 day ago +3
Michael Jackson had a Dr that was using hospital grade anesthesia at home for sleep. For the right amount of money you can find doctors willing to do a lot of things.
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thrillafrommanilla_1 1 day ago +1
Understood. But she’s not getting it thru legit doctoring. And it’s likely not the substance she said. She’s a heroin addict.
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BaltimoreCrabSoup 2 days ago +21
I took ambien once and did some crazy stuff but never took it again.
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TheOriginalJellyfish 2 days ago +12
The last time I took Ambien, I was visiting family. They told me that after excusing myself for bed, I came back downstairs a few minutes later to hang out and drink white russians I had no memory of doing any of it.
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BaltimoreCrabSoup 2 days ago +10
Apparently I had entire telephone conversations with people, made plans I didn’t remember, cooked food. All in one night. Don’t remember a thing and that terrified me enough. I embrace insomnia now.
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GoldDustWoman85 23 hr ago +1
I've been addicted to Ambien for years. The sleep eating really sucks.
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arifish 2 days ago +7
I kicked my laptop clear across a room on ambien
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SeaBassAHo-20 2 days ago +3
Like Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo!
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TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ 2 days ago +2
That was benzos for me (xanax, etc.)
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CoherentBusyDucks 1 day ago +2
I was prescribed ambien while pregnant and took it once and then couldn’t get out of bed to pee. Like physically could not move. It was the weirdest experience. My husband had to actually lift me up and take me to the bathroom. Never took it again.
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publicBoogalloo 1 day ago +1
I was given ambien after being in labor for more than a day.
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temperedolive 2 days ago +2
I was prescribed Ambien at one point while dealing with some severe insomnia. I went to fill the script and the pharmacist was like... I really recommend you don't take these. I did the research and then threw them out. I'd rather not sleep.
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sucobe 2 days ago +9
So she retracted that ICE statement pretty quick
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thrillafrommanilla_1 2 days ago +1
Oh did she?
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Wbino 2 days ago +12
What doctor is giving someone with a drug issue a sedative that is strong enough to cause major drowsiness?
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sleep-is-but-a-dream 1 day ago +2
In certain circles for the right amount of money you can find doctors willing to prescribe just about anything.
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Dillpick 2 days ago -1
95% of them
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formerNPC 2 days ago +8
The only ICE was in her vodka.
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iciclemomore 2 days ago +16
Lunesta is a funny term for Xanax…
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halfwayray 2 days ago +4
It's addictive, but not at the level of benzos
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iciclemomore 2 days ago +2
To clarify, I meant that she did not in fact take lunesta but Xanax.
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smiskam 2 days ago +2
Oh lunesta is just as strong
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ChinesePizza32 2 days ago +2
It is not close to being equally addictive as Xanax
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tullbabes 2 days ago +1
Incorrect. Benzo withdraw will kill you.
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thrillafrommanilla_1 2 days ago +3
She’s a recovering heroin addict and had a heart problem because of its She shouldn’t be taking Lunesta. No doctor would prescribe it for her. She’s lying. Seems she’s in active use right now and in denial about it. Seen this before. Let’s hope she’s ready for help before it’s too late.
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daerath 2 days ago +13
Ok. That flight is a maximum of 5:30 hours. You don't pop a sedatitive for that. Either it lasts beyond the arrival time or you're asleep before it starts. It's five and a half hours. Just drink coffee and get a f****** neck pillow. And you know she flew first class, so recline that seat, drink a gin and tonic and sleep the flight away.
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flamingdonkey 1 day ago -1
Five and a half hours is *really* long if you're afraid of flying. Not saying she is, but calling a 5.5 hour flight short is crazy. 
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ppinguino 2 days ago +3
She was tired from doing coke with Sam Levinson all night.
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SethOval 2 days ago +2
For sure, for sure. 
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merrysunshine2 2 days ago +2
Ambien strikes again! 🙄
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TrailerParkFrench 2 days ago +2
And before that, and after that.
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dakotanorth8 2 days ago +2
Ambien absolutely messes you up if you fight it or don’t fall asleep on time. And Xanax (with alc) can turn you literally into a 180 personality person. Tough times in the skies
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PsychologicalSize365 2 days ago +2
If a doctor prescribed a narcotic to a recently relapsed addict, he would be liable to lose his license. It’s literally the exact thing you avoid in order to help the patient. I doubt the lie wholeheartedly. This is simply not making sense.
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MenStefani 1 day ago +2
Not to be rude but it’s giving when Tara Reid claimed she was roofied recently because she made a sloppy mess of herself at a hotel bar. The hotel even released video footage. Ironically Tara and Natasha play best friends in the American Pie movies
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StephenHunterUK 2 days ago +1
Is there such a thing as a former addict? Some would say they're in recovery for the rest of their days.
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AndrewBlodgett 2 days ago +1
Hopefully she has good people around her. It’s a rough go, I’ve been there but you have to ask for help.
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Boiboiboi58 2 days ago +1
That darn Ambien strike again
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joemc1971 2 days ago +1
Why tf do people with means fly commercial?
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MichaelMyersEatsDogs 2 days ago +3
She is definitely not private plane rich.
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StephenHunterUK 2 days ago +2
Private aircraft are a thing with some film companies especially when the location is off the regular airline routes.
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MenStefani 1 day ago +2
She doesn’t have that kind of money… she’s on a work trip. Celebs of her caliber that fly private do it very rarely for special occasions. Most of them fly commercial
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Whole_Inside_4863 2 days ago +1
I think there is a King of Queens episode with this scenario
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Old-Library5546 2 days ago +1
I hope she can get herself together
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jroma3 2 days ago +1
She relapsed. It’s simple and obvious. Stop expecting a thought out, truthful response from her for the time being.
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Trifang420 1 day ago +1
Let her live. Who cares if an adult does drugs? We don't personally know her.
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PedalBoard78 2 days ago +1
Shitfaced. Glad she wasn’t driving.
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ShadowsOfTheBreeze 2 days ago +1
Pretty stupid, yeah? Like, who thinks that's a good time to take that, particularly if you know what it will do.
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ryry729 2 days ago -1
Can we stop worrying about Natasha? Pay attention to the “guy running the country.”
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Raspberry_Good 2 days ago
Ambien, I’d believe it. Lunesta, doubtful unless with other substances.
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Mr-Safety 1 day ago +1
Never take sedatives before take off and landing. You need your wits about you in case of emergency. If it’s a long haul business class flight, don’t switch to slippers until cruising altitude since your shoes should be on for evacuation. Wear practical footwear (no high heels) and dress in natural fabrics like cotton. (In a fire synthetics can melt onto your skin) The odds on an emergency are very small but it’s trivial to make few safer choices as you get ready. Oh, and for f*cks sake, DO NOT reach for any luggage in an emergency evacuation. People die that way since fires can spread quickly.
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Smooth-Evening- 1 day ago
That should make her more chill, not less :/
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Common_Aide_3146 1 day ago
Does she support genocide?
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coldazice 2 days ago -4
She always looked like and moved like a crack head why is anyone surprised?
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