{"id":2376553,"date":"2026-04-16T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2376553"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:30:23","slug":"liam-neeson-has-a-very-particular-set-of-skills-and-an-absolute-loathing-for-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/liam-neeson-has-a-very-particular-set-of-skills-and-an-absolute-loathing-for-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills \u2014 and an absolute loathing for airports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are two types of travelers: the ones who glide through the airport like it\u2019s a spa day … and the rest of us, silently unraveling in a TSA line that hasn\u2019t moved in 12 minutes. Or, if you\u2019re Joshua Jackson, maybe thinking about why that one bag had to be checked.<\/p>\n

Spring break season has a way of exposing everyone\u2019s breaking point. The overpackers. The barefoot-through-security crowd. The person who suddenly decides to reorganize their entire carry-on at the conveyor belt. And while it\u2019s easy to assume celebrities are bypassing all of this on private jets with green juice in hand, the reality is a lot less glamorous: Plenty of them are right there with us, clutching boarding passes, bracing for delays and wondering why airplanes are somehow always freezing (cough, Rachel Zoe).<\/p>\n

Because no matter how famous you are, travel has a way of humbling you. It\u2019s the great equalizer (for most): a shared experience built on mild discomfort, questionable snacks and the slow realization that someone nearby is about to do something deeply annoying.<\/p>\n

We asked a mix of celebrities \u2014 from Liam Neeson and Kathie Lee Gifford to Bunnie Xo \u2014 about their biggest travel pet peeves, and let\u2019s just say \u2026 some stars are just like us.<\/p>\n

Whitney Leavitt (reality star, <\/strong>Dancing With the Stars \/ Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people do their skin care on an airplane. That is literally the worst place you could do your skin care. There\u2019s so much bacteria in the air. Do not do your skin care on a plane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Duhamel (<\/strong>actor\/director, Preschool<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNot being able to put my chair back during takeoff on an airplane.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua Jackson (<\/strong>actor and spokesperson for Get Body Checked initiative<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy pet peeve about traveling with a young child is that I really, really try to never check a bag. I’m pathological about this because I travel a lot and have always traveled a lot. It has ended relationships in my life \u2014 both friend and romantic. I’m like, \u2018You’ve got to be kidding me. We cannot take all this stuff.\u2019 And now I’m like, I have a hockey bag full of stuff just to get to the airport. It’s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rachel Zoe (<\/strong>stylist and reality star<\/strong><\/a>, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing cold. I always dress so warm, like I\u2019ll wear a massive coat in the middle of summer because airplanes are so cold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Phillippe (<\/strong>actor, One Mile: Chapters 1 and 2<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFlight delays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew Lillard (<\/strong>actor, Scream 7<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans abroad who don’t respect where they are, culturally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liam Neeson (<\/strong>actor, Cold Storage<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAirports. Period. If I never see another airport for the rest of my life, it will still be too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kevin James (<\/strong>actor, Solo Mio<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJust getting on a plane. I hate planes. I don\u2019t like flying, especially across the ocean. I never like doing that. I don\u2019t want to drink too much where I\u2019m just knocked out \u2026 because that would make me sleep. So it\u2019s like, how do I kill the time? I try to bring movies … to entertain myself so I don\u2019t realize that I\u2019m flying. I\u2019m getting better with it, but I get anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bunnie Xo (author of <\/strong>Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGetting stuck on planes. I haven’t had that happen to me, but my security had to sit on the tarmac for seven hours once when he was flying out to us. How is that even humane? Traveling in general is just a pain in the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kathie Lee Gifford (TV host and author of <\/strong>Nero and Paul <\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRudeness. I don’t put up with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hilarie Burton Morgan (<\/strong>actor\/activist, True Crime Story: It Couldn\u2019t Happen Here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who are mean to TSA and the flight attendants. I\u2019ve worked in the service industry \u2014 you better shape up and be nice to these folks because they\u2019re in a little restaurant hotel in the sky, and it\u2019s not fun for them either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew McCarthy (actor and author of <\/strong>Who Needs Friends<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSome people love driving and find it relaxing. I find it stressful. I truly am terrified of highway driving. I stay almost entirely off interstates and drive back roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ty Herndon (<\/strong>singer and What Mattered Most author)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI have found that traveling at this age, I’m a grumpy old man. I get car sick. I\u2019m going through manopause. I try to pray a lot and keep my cool. \u2026 My husband says I’m high maintenance, so I’m working on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jennie Garth (actor and <\/strong>I Choose Me<\/strong><\/a> author and podcast host)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI do not like it in the hotel when they give you a plastic cup wrapped in plastic. It\u2019s the flimsiest little cup \u2014 what are you going to do with it? I don\u2019t appreciate an uncomfortable mattress. I don’t appreciate how they tuck the sheets in so tightly. I gotta pull that all out. I’m sorry \u2014 all your hard work and I’m just gonna ruin it. Traveling is also hard for me because I have specific food things, being a vegan. It’s really hard to find things [on the go] that aren’t full of cheese and butter and meat in our country. I usually pack my own food.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n