{"id":2124080,"date":"2025-10-30T04:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2124080"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:16:31","slug":"rick-springfield-says-air-travel-is-like-russian-roulette-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rick-springfield-says-air-travel-is-like-russian-roulette-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Springfield Says Air Travel is Like &#8216;Russian Roulette&#8217; in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Rick Springfield<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-titlecase h2\">It&#8217;s Risky to Fly &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h1\">But What Other Choice is There???<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-10-29T17:53:05-07:00\">October 29, 2025 5:53 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-297fdd4184f1cb61b961579e7153786b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5b07caad-75b4-4510-b6e4-88f93cdde29c-1023726204-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5b07caad-75b4-4510-b6e4-88f93cdde29c-1023726204-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    \n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-297fdd4184f1cb61b961579e7153786b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a0d3660866eb69dc04bb482561864a6c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rick-springfield\/\"><strong>Rick Springfield<\/strong><\/a> wouldn&#8217;t recommend air travel to &#8220;Jessie&#8217;s Girl&#8221; or anyone else amid the government shutdown &#8230; but, he&#8217;s not sure how else to get from point A to point B.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a0d3660866eb69dc04bb482561864a6c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b73bc94992f021310972ab0efaef9c31\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with the singer-songwriter in New York City Wednesday afternoon &#8230; and, we asked him about how air traffic controllers not getting paid has affected his view of flying these days &#8212; a follow-up convo to one we had with Rick in February when he told us he wasn&#8217;t freaking out about recent plane problems.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b73bc94992f021310972ab0efaef9c31--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9a8fee816784f3951aef827df7f5423e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7cfc4f51-0c61-448d-9a28-d729e776a07a-2071368091-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7cfc4f51-0c61-448d-9a28-d729e776a07a-2071368091-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/6b\/16by9\/2025\/02\/20\/6b83a1ce9f5b427ca86d4ba9a79c6d5d_md.jpg\" alt=\"022025_rick_springfield_planes_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9a8fee816784f3951aef827df7f5423e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cd915ce61bfadffd43bff14449db0aef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Spingfield calls it &#8220;Russian Roulette&#8221; in the sky these days &#8230; but, he adds, there aren&#8217;t many other good alternatives &#8212; ya can&#8217;t walk cross country!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cd915ce61bfadffd43bff14449db0aef--><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f2a628df39e651ff7b6da1c0bdb08a47\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; the government shutdown has prevented a ton of federal employees from being paid &#8212; including the many controllers who usually watch the air to keep the skies safe.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f2a628df39e651ff7b6da1c0bdb08a47--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d39f7a975282f98d6224248388874f46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8f627dff-7987-4d9d-8b86-f21fe609863c-322892315-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-8f627dff-7987-4d9d-8b86-f21fe609863c-322892315-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/08\/16by9\/2025\/10\/29\/08fc59386274453ab3995304d7283c8e_md.jpg\" alt=\"jasmine-crockett-kal-10-29-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d39f7a975282f98d6224248388874f46--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0f0781c7256f36159674073aad65f7b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Representative <strong>Jasmine Crockett<\/strong> discussed the possibility of crashes up in the air &#8230; though she mostly blamed the Republicans for any issues that may result from the shutdown.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0f0781c7256f36159674073aad65f7b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-db805d8ee428c1da0fe60d857f82dd9b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-db805d8ee428c1da0fe60d857f82dd9b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1f63cf3f4cd84a48dd8702a43108e207\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bottom line &#8230; this issues aren&#8217;t ending anytime soon &#8212; but, Rick&#8217;s basically shrugging his shoulders and asking what can ya really do?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1f63cf3f4cd84a48dd8702a43108e207--><\/p><\/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.tmz.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Springfield It&#8217;s Risky to Fly &#8230; 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