Comic Joan Rivers was barred from getting a flight - because airline officials deemed her passport "suspicious". Photo Credit: Splash NewsJanuary 05, 2010, (Splash News) - Comic Joan Rivers was barred from getting a flight - because airline officials deemed her passport "suspicious".
The acid-tongued star was trying to fly from Costa Rica to Newark airport in New Jersey. But as she tried to board, the 76-year-old was pulled to one side after a Continental Airlines security agent checked her details.
Her passport reads: "Joan Rosenberg AKA Joan Rivers." Rosenberg was her late husband's last name.
The fashion-loving Rivers said afterwards: "If I were going to make up an alias, I wouldn't pick Rosenberg. I'd pick Jolie or Pitt.
"Do terrorists wear Manolo Blahniks? I can tell you Donna Karan does not make anything that hides a bomb."
She told a US newspaper: "I tried the tears; they didn't work. I tried reasoning. I couldn't bribe because I didn't have any money.
"I said 'I'm going to have a heart attack over this,' so the woman called the paramedics."
She eventually managed to get a flight home the following morning, she says.
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