Natasha Lyonne was spotted in Manhattan on Thursday, just days after an incident reportedly led to her removal from a Delta flight departing Los Angeles for New York.
On Tuesday evening, the 47-year-old actress made headlines as she attended two high-profile events in Los Angeles without a bra, donning a see-through top. The events included the season three premiere of “Euphoria” and the 2026 Fashion Trust US Awards.
Later that night, Lyonne boarded a flight but was allegedly asked to disembark after not complying with flight attendants’ requests to fasten her seatbelt and shut her laptop before takeoff, as reported by Page Six.
Witnesses claimed that Lyonne, who had publicly acknowledged a lapse in her sobriety three months earlier, was asked if she required medical assistance and was informed that the plane would not proceed until she disembarked.
She was scheduled to appear on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in New York on Wednesday, but the flight incident prevented her from making the appearance.
By Thursday evening, Lyonne successfully traveled to New York and attended the premiere of the documentary “Lorne” at Lincoln Center.
Natasha Lyonne resurfaced in Manhattan for the Lorne premiere on Thursday, two days after she was reportedly removed from a Delta flight in Los Angeles that was bound for New York
However, by Thursday evening, she had made her way across the country and appeared at Lincoln Center for the premiere of the documentary Lorne
The movie was a profile of Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, which served as a launchpad for the stardom of Lyonne’s ex Fred Armisen.
In contrast to her revealing outfits at Tuesday’s red carpets, Lyonne opted for a sedate ensemble of a black skirt suit with 1980s shoulder pads.
She let her signature fiery mane down and wore a severe expression as she strode the red carpet on a towering set of monochrome high-heeled boots.
Hours before the premiere, she broke her silence on her absence from Barrymore’s show with a tweet that neglected to explain why she missed the taping.
‘My heart is with all the unpaid TSA agents at our airports,’ she wrote. ‘Sure was looking forward to speaking honestly with @DrewBarrymore yesterday but guess wasn’t in the cards.’
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Lyonne, Barrymore, and her show for comment but have not yet heard back.
Lyonne was said to have appeared disoriented on the Delta flight from which she was allegedly removed Tuesday evening.
She was sitting in first class and still in some of the clothing she wore at the premiere when the drama began, according to Page Six.
On Tuesday evening, Lyonne walked the red carpet of the Euphoria premiere in Los Angeles flashing her braless bust in a mesh top; seen at the event with Brian Grazer
She wore the same look that evening when she attended the Fashion Trust US Awards, and reportedly was still in that outfit on the Delta flight from which she was allegedly ejected
A witness observed Lyonne receiving instructions from multiple flight attendants, and the actress was reportedly dozing off during the mishap.
She was heard telling staff after apparently getting startled at one point: ‘Ah! You scared me!’
The staff were eventually able to retrieve her laptop and the plane taxied onto the runway before it returned to the gate, where a Delta staffer boarded to speak to Lyonne.
‘Ma’am, do you need medical attention?’ the employee reportedly asked Lyonne. ‘Ma’am, I need you to come off the plane. Do you need help with your belongings?’
‘Where are we?’ she was heard asking.
‘We’re still in LA. The plane hasn’t gone anywhere,’ they said. ‘The plane is not going anywhere until you come off it.’
According to Page Six, Lyonne ‘coolly shushed’ the staffer before heading towards the bathroom and coming out snacking on a bag of pretzels.
She departed the plane obediently after her luggage was removed.
The captain later revealed they had dealt with a passenger who was unable to follow ‘basic commands’ as they addressed the more than hour-long delay for travelers waiting to get to New York.
‘We have a passenger who, for whatever reason… wouldn’t follow some basic commands… We had a passenger who didn’t seem up to the task tonight, so that’s why they were asked to be booked on another flight,’ the captain reportedly said.
‘I do apologize for the inconvenience, but we will get you to New York as quickly and as safely as possible.’
The actress is said to have appeared ‘out of it’ before being kicked off the Delta flight bound for New York (stock image)
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Lyonne for comment but did not immediately hear back. Delta declined to comment.
According to TMZ, Lyonne was scheduled to appear on The Drew Barrymore Show the following day but failed to make it.
Earlier in the evening, she had shocked fans when she walked the red carpet flashing her braless bust in a mesh top, as she plugged her role in Euphoria.
The incident comes three months after she revealed she suffered a relapse.
‘Took my relapse public, more to come,’ Lyonne told her 545,000 followers, who showered her with support.
‘Thanks, boss … for the grace, etc.,’ the actress wrote in response to one bolstering comment. ‘Sending love back your way. May become a pothead or a nun. TBD.’
Lyonne didn’t give an exact time frame of when the relapse occurred or how, but she stressed that ‘recovery is a lifelong process.’
‘Anyone out there struggling, remember you’re not alone,’ her written message continued on Saturday, January 24.
Earlier in the evening, she had shocked fans when she walked the red carpet flashing her braless bust in a mesh top, as she plugged her role in Euphoria
‘Grateful for love and smart feet. Gonna do it for baby Bambo. Stay honest, folks. Sick as our secrets.’
The Orange Is The New Black alum added: ‘If no one told ya today, I love you. No matter how far down the scales we have gone, we will see how our experience may help another. Keep going, kiddos. Don’t quit before the miracle. Wallpaper your mind with love. Rest is all noise and baloney.’
To one devotee, she wrote, ‘Love ya back,’ and to another, she confided, ‘We need better systems and to end shame — bill the Sacklers and stilettos or something but don’t @ me for getting honest.’
She was referring to the notorious Sackler family, known for owning Purdue Pharma, which developed the highly addictive pain medication OxyContin and amassed billions from its sales.
Last year, the company was forced to cough up a $7.4 billion settlement for its role in the current opioid epidemic.
In March, she offered an update on her sobriety journey: ‘Proud to report this kid is doing a whole lot better & back on her feet,’ she posted to X.
Lyonne, who completed rehab in 2006, previously spoke about her downward spiral into drug and alcohol addiction in a candid interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2012.
‘Spiraling into addiction is really, really scary,’ she said. ‘Some things have a very A-to-B scientific effect. Like, alcohol is a depressant. Cocaine is a stimulant. And then: Cocaine plus heroin is bad! That’s the point of my story, that’s the moral. Coke plus heroin equals speedball. And speedball equals bad, you know?
‘It’s weird to talk about,’ she said at the time. ‘I was definitely as good as dead, you know? A lot of people don’t come back. That makes me feel wary and self-conscious. I wouldn’t want to feel prideful about it. People really rallied around me and pulled me up by my f***ing bootstraps.’
Lyonne was making headlines in the early to mid-2000s but not the nice kind: a drunk-driving arrest, a run-in with a neighbor resulting in a court appearance, hospitalization for hepatitis C, a collapsed lung, infective endocarditis and later open-heart surgery to correct damage done.
In 2006, at age 27, she checked into an inpatient rehab for treatment for her drug and alcohol abuse.
‘Eventually, I made it through those dark nights of the soul,’ Lyonne told The Times in 2024.
Lyonne has seen a career resurgence in her 40s, and recently she has shifted her focus away from starring roles to directing, writing and producing, such as the 1980s-set boxing film Bambo.
