{"id":2038521,"date":"2025-09-21T06:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2038521"},"modified":"2025-09-21T06:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:51:09","slug":"comedian-guy-branum-says-hes-going-to-sue-man-who-allegedly-hit-him-on-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/comedian-guy-branum-says-hes-going-to-sue-man-who-allegedly-hit-him-on-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Guy Branum Says He&#8217;s Going To Sue Man Who Allegedly Hit Him on Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Comedian <strong>Guy Branum<\/strong> says he&#8217;s going to drag the man he claims hit him on a Delta flight to court &#8230; &#8217;cause he&#8217;s ready to press charges and sue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We got Guy out in Los Angeles and our photog asked him about his recent Delta flight, where Guy claimed a man sitting next to him <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/16\/guy-branum-says-man-hit-him-on-flight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:elbowed him in the ribs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>elbowed him in the ribs<\/strong><\/a> for being too fat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"TMZ.com\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1.AhEPNqUVNmxxKNgibu.A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/6f57379f1bb51313d2e12665e15257e6\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>TMZ.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guy showed us a bruise from the alleged elbow swing and says he&#8217;s going to file a police report and a lawsuit &#8230; telling the man, &#8220;You can&#8217;t hit somebody because you think they&#8217;re fat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_akt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_ikt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He says Delta didn&#8217;t boot the man from the flight because of his top tier frequent flier status &#8230; and he says the airline finally called him to talk about what happened. Delta told us earlier this week they&#8217;d be contacting him in regard to his claims.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/2025-09-16-091625-guy-branum-2113271-447\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Comedian Guy Branum Claims Man Hit Him on Flight for Being Too Fat\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hhlKA5wpNA8tKqSsiUkHkA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/2c03954f57725da5b1cf4e570220d4bf\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Guy Branum Claims Man Hit Him on Flight for Being Too Fat<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Remember &#8230; Guy claims Delta basically did nothing, even though other people seated near them told crew they saw the man elbow Guy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guy isn&#8217;t just on a crusade against Delta and his flying foe &#8230; he says airlines in America need to do more for oversized passengers.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2023\/10\/20\/celebs-flying-commercial\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"TMZ\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/pLvQ8xPghZ.rIfVSm8km2A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/tmz_articles_672\/b7308f2799f2d9bf857e90aa2d9d7adb\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Celebs Flying Commercial &#8211; Click image to open gallery<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comic travels a lot for work and has some Delta status himself &#8230; and we asked him if he would still fly the airline after all that&#8217;s transpired &#8212; and it sounds like he may be looking elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Guy Branum says he&#8217;s going to drag the man he claims hit him on a Delta flight to court &#8230; &#8217;cause he&#8217;s ready to press charges and sue. We got Guy out in Los Angeles and our photog asked him about his recent Delta flight, where Guy claimed a man sitting next to him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2038522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[376737,376736],"class_list":["post-2038521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-delta-flight","tag-guy-branum"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Comedian-Guy-Branum-Says-Hes-Going-To-Sue-Man-Who.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}