Britney Spears has recently addressed an incident where she was met by police upon landing due to a troubling action she undertook at 30,000 feet.
The 43-year-old singer was on her way back from a vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, when she received a warning from law enforcement in Los Angeles for her behavior during the flight, which landed at LAX Airport on Thursday, May 22.
After receiving a caution from the police, Spears was released without any arrests.
During the flight, it appears Spears broke federal aviation rules by lighting a cigarette.
Since 2000, smoking has been banned on commercial flights either departing from or arriving in the United States. Vaping is also prohibited on these flights.
The singer from Mississippi admitted that she was under the influence of alcohol while aboard the JSX airline, a public charter service.
Spears, who resides in Thousand Oaks, California, just a 25-minute drive from Malibu, stated that her reason for smoking on the aircraft was linked to it being her “first time” consuming vodka.
She took to Instagram late last night, local time, to share: “Me yesterday!!! It’s actually incredibly funny!!! Some planes I’ve been on you can’t smoke mostly but this one was different because the drink holders were on outside of seat!!! Confession it was my first time drinking VODKA!!! I swear I felt so SMART!!!
“I was like wow what the heck is in there!!! I felt so clear and smart!!! And said I want a cigarette so bad!!! My friend put it in my mouth and lit it up for me so I was like OH SO THIS IS A PLANE WHERE YOU CAN SMOKE!!!
“I do so apologize to anyone I offended but the flight attendants always make sure I’m way at the back of plane anyways!!! I thought officials greeted me as support and I was like WOW I feel special!!! I’ve never been to an international airport!!!”
Spears went on to say: “Am I famous or something??? The flight attendant called officials because I smoked a cigarette!!! And embarrass me which jeez I thought was kinda much but she didn’t like me the moment I got on plane!!!
“Nobody was on the plane for first 20 minutes and she wouldn’t let me get out of my seat I wanted to stand up!!! She acted so weird about making sure I sat down and it was weird!!! I didn’t like the way she put the seatbelt on me and invaded my space!!!
“Oh well you guys like my flower choker??? B tiny is coming soon and that’s something we have added!!! It’s honestly adorable!!!”
LAX Police told TMZ they attended the situation, noting that a Customs employee issued the warning to Spears.