Hunky Vine Star Strips to Speedo, Detained at Miami-Airport

Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 2 MIN.

He may not know the difference between a turtle and a duck, but c sure knows how to keep being a social media personality. The Vine star nearly got arrested on October 28 after stripping down to his Speedo, donning a cute inflatable turtle ring and parading down the aisle of a Boeing 737.

The New York Daily News reported Jarre was on a Miami-bound American Airlines flight from Lic. Benito Juarez International when he headed into the cramped bathroom, stripped down to his skivvies at about 35,000 feet, blew up his pool toy and headed down the aisle, quacking because he believed his inflatable toy was a duck.

"Flights are boring. I wanted to make it fun," said Jarre in the YouTube video below.

Many of the passengers giggled at his antics as he quacked at them, but the flight attendant wasn't nearly as impressed, saying, "You guys aren't allowed to videotape." They threatened to arrest him upon landing.

"Everyone in the airplane loved it except one cabin crew member from American Airlines," wrote Jarre. "For some reason he hated the joke. He made calls and promised I would be arrested once landed in Miami."

Jarre said he was detained for three hours at the Miami-Dade airport, who allegedly said, "This is the silliest thing I've had to work on in my entire career." He was released with no charges."

Ad Week reports American Airlines told BBC, "Speedos may look good at the beach, but no one wants to see them dancing around the aisle at 35,000 feet."

Wrong again, AA. The international incident went worldwide and trended on Twitter when Jarre implored his fans to tweet with the hashtag #americanairlines chillout."

This is only one of many in-flight stunts the cute but stupid 24-year-old has done, all of which tend to increase media attention, despite the young man's professing that he was through with marketing in his social media videos.


by Winnie McCroy , EDGE Editor

Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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