Rapper Juvenile stormed off his American Airlines flight after a heated exchange with flight attendants who tried to boot him from his first-class seat to one in coach. On Wednesday, as the incident was happening, he jumped on an Instagram Live to tell his followers all about the dramatic clash. “Y’all hear this?” the 49-year-old said.
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Then, flight attendants came over to inform them of the seat change. Jones, who was not asked to switch sweats, could be heard in the livestream saying in defense of her husband: “I’m his wife, so how can you downgrade him and I could still stay?” Juvenile was visibly upset in the video emphatically saying: “You ain’t going to put me in no coach. This ain’t never happened to me in my life.
” The Slow Motion rapper told the American Airlines staff that they would regret choosing him to switch because of his fame. “I’m a celebrity,” he on camera. “There’s going to be repercussions for this because I’ma get off the plane.
I’m not going to let y’all disrespect me like that. “I’m not going to let y’all cho.