Ruby Wax recently disclosed that she was once thrown off former President Donald Trump’s private jet after she laughed at his plans to become president of the United States via Independent.
The 71-year-old has revealed that she had been in mid-interview with The Apprentice businessman, who went on to be president from January 2017 to January 2021, when she misinterpreted his political ambition as a joke.
Trump terminated the interview with Wax early and ordered his private plane to be grounded to eject her from the jet.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Wax called the incident the “worst encounter” that she’d ever had with a celebrity and said it had been an “interesting situation” but “not one to repeat”.
“It’s awful to be in his eyeline and for him to be sending hatred towards you is not pleasant,” she said, claiming Trump’s eyes were telling her “‘I’m going to rip your throat out.’”
“It was very hard to ask questions in that kind of climate. It was awful. It backfired. Who knew he would become president?” the comedian added.
“He said he wanted to be president, and I started laughing, and it turned into a hate match from there on,” she continued.
“I thought he was kidding, but he made his pilot land, and he threw me off.”
“I just think it’s appalling, and it’s what not to do,” she said. “He threw me off his plane. I thought he was joking when he said he wanted to be the president. I thought he was being funny – and he wasn’t.”
