An Australian social media personality known for taking extreme measures to enhance their appearance found themselves at the center of a travel controversy recently. The individual, who goes by the name Ronan Androgenic and hails from Brisbane, was removed from a Jetstar flight after an altercation with flight attendants.
Ronan, a 25-year-old online streamer, was on a flight returning to Australia from Thailand when the incident occurred. Shortly after boarding, a flight attendant approached him, expressing concern that his “face looked ill.” This led to Ronan being escorted off the plane.
In a video shared by Ronan, he can be seen wearing several compression garments around his face and neck. These were necessary after undergoing a series of plastic surgeries. Just days before the flight, Ronan had posted another video revealing his struggles with mobility, stating that he was unable to get out of bed without assistance and required a walking frame for support.
The surgeries reportedly included waist liposuction and buccal fat removal from his cheeks, procedures he shared with his followers through his content.
During the altercation, a male flight attendant was recorded addressing Ronan, saying, “Sir, your communication is not good and you’re not communicating with us clearly.” This communication breakdown appears to have been a key factor in the decision to remove him from the flight.
In the new video uploaded on Wednesday, the 25-year-old ranted that Jetstar staff had woken him up after he had fallen asleep before the plane got to the runway, and were ‘kicking’ him off ‘because I didn’t put my medication in my carry-on bag’.
A male flight attendant was heard telling Androgenic: ‘Sir, your (communication) is not good and you’re not communicating with us clearly.’
Androgenic said: ‘How is it not good? Tell me how it’s not good.’
Ronan Androgenic (above) was kicked off a Jetstar flight from Thailand on Wednesday
The attendant answered: ‘Sir, you just [had] surgery five days ago.’
Androgenic claimed his procedures were non-invasive and he was cleared to fly by a doctor just two days post-surgery.
The flight attendant told him: ‘Doctor confirmed, but it’s not decided with us. It’s different.’
Androgenic shot back: ‘What do you mean? I’m just (trying) to get on the flight. Do you think I want to come on the flight amped up?’
A female flight attendant then added Androgenic was ‘too tired, and when I speak something, and I ask you, your reply was very drowsy.’
He argued that he’d been trying to sleep in his seat, but the crew members repeated that he’d been drowsy and failed to properly answer their questions.
Androgenic began swearing at the staff, who then advised he was being disruptive to the other passengers.
‘Because you guys are doing this for no reason. What the hell was the point of this?’ Androgenic said.
Androgenic is pictured in an earlier livestream that went viral after a stranger snatch his wig off his head
Androgenic had boarded the flight while wearing several compression garments and staff claimed he was ‘drowsy’ and unable to properly communicate
The influencer again reiterated he’d been cleared by his doctor to fly, to which the female flight attendant said: ‘The doctor confirmed but we can check your condition as well’.
‘Okay, what’s wrong with it?’ Androgenic asked.
‘Your surgery,’ the male attendant said.
‘Your swelling right now, your eyes. You are very, not condition to go. Your face is very ill.’
The woman said they ‘cannot delay anymore’ and told Androgenic a staff member at the airport would help organise his next flight.
Androgenic blew up at the workers, saying: ‘Bro, what? What the f**k do you expect me to do? I need to go home.
‘… This is f***ing pathetic. You guys actually could have just f***ing let me lie in my f***ing chair and go to sleep.’
The Australian later claimed the airline was ‘imprisoning me in a foreign country’ and called the flight attendants ‘little dogs’.
Androgenic (centre) was arrested in Brisbane in April for allegedly being a ‘public nuisance’
Androgenic has been contacted for comment.
Jetstar said it has reviewed the incident and found its staff had behaved appropriately and respectfully.
The airline’s crews are trained to assess whether passengers are fit to fly and hold the right to refuse to let them board.
Jetstar added passenger safety is its top priority and it does not accept any abusive behaviour or language directed at its staff.
Androgenic made headlines in late April for being arrested in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley over an incident on February 27.
The 25-year-old was arrested for allegedly being a public nuisance after a video went viral of him pushing an older woman to the ground and running away.
Androgenic was later knocked to the ground and beaten.
Queensland Police confirmed the arrest.
‘A 25-year-old St Lucia man was subsequently issued with an infringement notice for public nuisance,’ it said in a statement.
‘He was also served with a banning notice from the safe night precinct of Fortitude Valley and Brisbane City for one month.’
