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Jennifer Hudson, Bar Refaeli not happy with airport screenings
April 18, 2012 at 2:46 PM ET
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Jennifer Hudson, left, and Bar Refaeli recently have had unpleasant experiences at airport security.
Just ask Jennifer Hudson and Bar Refaeli, who both encountered some drama as they passed through airport security this week.
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Hudson, 30, got a thorough pat-down from a TSA agent in Los Angeles, and proceeded to scrunch up her face and stick out her tongue as the female agent carried out her inspection. Yeah, not fun for anyone!
Leonardo DiCaprio's model ex-girlfriend, meanwhile, felt her pat-down was a bit too hands-on.
"I got a security 'patdown' by a woman at the airport that made me feel very uncomfortable and left no doubt about her sexual preferences," the 26-year-old tweeted Tuesday.
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Earlier in the week, Refaeli tweeted pictures of herself out and about in London, although she didn't specify if her too-close-for-comfort pat-down occurred at Heathrow Airport.
Of course, Hudson and Refaeli aren't the only stars to be less than thrilled with airport security. Last year, Dancing With the Stars' Cheryl Burke complained about her pat-down on Twitter. "I think I might have just gotten fingered by a tsa agent!!" she wrote — and then later deleted.
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TSA Pats Down Cancer-Stricken 95-Year-Old Woman, Removes Adult Diaper (VIDEO)
Posted Jun 26th 2011 10:45 PMUpdated Jun 27th 2011 01:33 PM
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Getty FileJean Weber was traveling with her ill mother on June 18 from Florida to Michigan to see relatives "in the final stages of her battle with leukemia" when the incident occurred.
Weber told CNN that while she thinks the officers may have been "procedurally correct...the procedure needs to be changed." Weber noted that her mother had had a blood transfusion the week before.
A Suspiciously "Wet and Firm" Diaper
While passing through security, TSA officials "felt something suspicious and they couldn't determine what it was," so they took Weber's mother to a private room.
A TSA agent told Weber that her mother's Depends underwear was "wet and firm and they couldn't check it thoroughly," so the mother-daughter duo left in search of a bathroom to remove the underwear. Weber did not have an extra pair of Depends with her.
Weber "burst into tears" but her mother was "very calm" even though she was forced to go through the airport without underwear. Her elderly mother was taken to the boarding gate without her as Weber was still going through security.
TSA Defends Search
In response to the incident, the TSA said on Sunday that "While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner. We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure."
UPDATE 6/27: The TSA released a follow-up statement on Monday, MSNBC reports. The new statement is just a slight alteration from its original statement. The TSA's latest statement reads: "While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner," the statement read. "We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally, according to proper procedure and did not require this passenger to remove an adult diaper."
This isn't the first time the TSA has gotten into hot water over pat down procedures. In April, a video of a 6-year-old getting a pat down at the New Orleans airport went viral, while in May, a video of a baby getting a pat down caused quite a stir.
Last week, the TSA announced they would change the procedures for patting down children.
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