Stephen Amell is 100% owning up to a past mistake.
Back in June, the actor made headlines when he was reportedly “forcibly removed” from a Delta flight from Austin, Texas bound for Los Angeles.
At the time, he and wife Cassandra Jean attended the ATX Festival in Austin to promote their project together, Speech & Debate: Legacy – which Cassandra directed and Stephen starred in.
He has since addressed the reports on Twitter, clarifying that he was not forcibly removed. “My wife and I got into an argument Monday afternoon on a Delta flight from Austin to LA. I was asked to lower my voice and I did. Approximately 10 minutes later I was asked to leave the flight. And I did so immediately. I was not forcibly removed,” he wrote.
“I rebooked myself on a Southwest flight 2 hours later and traveled home without any further issue. I let my emotions get the better of me, end of story,” he continued, adding, “Must be a slow news cycle,”.
In a recent interview, the Arrow actor once again opened up about the situation, revealing that alcohol was involved.
“I was pissed off about something else that had nothing to do with Cass, my wife, and I picked a fight,” he said on Michael Rosenbaum’s podcast, Inside of You. “I picked a fight because I wanted to be loud and upset. And it was a fight, as in like, it was not an argument.”
“In order to have an argument, two people have to be talking. My wife said one thing the entire time, which was, ‘If you don’t lower your voice, they’re going to ask you to get off the plane.’ That’s the only thing that she said the entire time,” he continued.
He admits the situation was “100 percent [his] fault,” and expressed remorse for his actions.
“So, obviously, Cass was 100-percent right there,” he went on. “I was being loud. I was probably dropping a few F-bombs. I’ve got the noise-canceling — this is not an excuse — I’m not here to make excuses because this was 100 percent my fault but … I’m actually, frankly, deeply ashamed of it.”
Although he did quiet down, he’d apparently already caused enough of a disturbance that he was asked to deplane.
“Clearly, I had made somebody uncomfortable, and someone had said something, and they just make the decision, ‘You’ve got to get off the plane,'” he recalled.
He also revealed that he’s been trying to “make amends” for it since – especially with his wife.
“Like, I feel like I went the better part of 10 years without being an a–hole in public. I was an a–hole in public,” he said.
“It’s really, really shameful,” he continued. “And it makes you kind of look in the mirror. And I just realized a couple of things: if people are going to recognize you, don’t necessarily drink in a public place, but more importantly, don’t drink in a public place if you can’t handle your s–t. … So, I think, ultimately [I’m] very ashamed of it. Trying to make amends for it, specifically with my wife.”
