Clay Talks to Entertainment Tonight
File photo from his UNICEF appearance on ET earlier this year.
While sleeping on a plane over the weekend, my foot evidently found a home on the arm rest of the passenger seated directly in front of me. I didn't realize I was causing the woman any distress until she woke me up with a quick hit to the chest.- Clay Aiken's statement to Entertainment Tonight
Yep, Clay is mad as hell with the hoopla in the media right now and he calmed things down by talking to Entertainment Tonight today.
This was posted on ETOnline.com -
Clay Talks to ET About Airline Drama---
The singer talks exclusively to ET about his bumpy ride to Tulsa over the weekend!
Singer CLAY AIKEN was involved in a minor dispute with a woman on a plane Saturday.
Now, in an exclusive statement to ET, the singer tells his side of the story, saying, "While sleeping on a plane over the weekend, my foot evidently found a home on the arm rest of the passenger seated directly in front of me. I didn't realize I was causing the woman any distress until she woke me up with a quick hit to the chest.
"Unfortunately, being that this happened on a plane, the FBI was called in to investigate and eventually we were all sent on our way. I'd like to thank everyone for their concern; I am fine and have taken steps to prevent any foot wandering in the future."
Clay cleverly implies that there are far greater sources of distress in the world. "Now that I have your attention," he continues, "if you'd like to learn more about how you can help the world's children, please visit www.unicefusa.org."
The 2003 "American Idol" runner-up was on a Continental Airlines flight heading to Tulsa when he and a female passenger got into a minor disagreement that led to her shoving the 28-year-old pop star.
FBI Special Agent GARY JOHNSON reportedly told the Tulsa World newspaper that the argument was between a male and female passenger, but did not give their names, saying only that the man was a former "American Idol" contestant.
Johnson added that the dispute was over the male passenger's foot resting on the woman's armrest.
The situation, however, did not disrupt the flight, and while both parties were questioned by the FBI, no charges were filed.
Update 8:54 PM EDT - video from the revised edition of ET and Insider are now up. This edition of today's ET and Insider mentions Clay's statement he issued, above. In many markets, however, a slightly older edition of ET and The Insider aired without these details.
Here are SendSpace caps of the updated ET and Insider reports:
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