Seth Rogen Skewers Cathay Pacific With Twitter Rant

Rich Thomaselli
by Rich Thomaselli
Last updated: 12:00 PM ET, Tue December 9, 2014

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Someday, actor/director Seth Rogen will find an airline that he likes. For now, cross another one off the list.

For the second time in a year, Rogen went on a Twitter rant against an airline, this time Cathay Pacific after a snafu in which his wife wasn't allowed to take their dog on a flight from New York to Vancouver for a funeral.

Rogen tweeted this to his 2.3 million followers on Monday:

Followed a minute later, by:

Eleven minutes later, Rogen tweeted

Cathay Pacific then replied to Rogen:

Judging by a statement Cathay Pacific released to the South China Morning Post, it appears that Rogen and his wife, actress Lauren Miller, might have tried or asked to bring the dog into the cabin area.

"Current Civil Aviation Department regulations specify only disability-assistance dogs are allowed into the cabin to help visually, hearing or mobility impaired passengers, even for flights within North America," Cathay Pacific's public relations department said in a statement to the Post. "We are very sorry for the frustrating situation that Mr and Mrs Rogen experienced, who were due to take Cathay Pacific flight CX889 ... on December 7 local time. We have extended our sincerest apologies to Mr and Mrs Rogen and will continue to further improve communication with passengers. We hope they will travel with Cathay Pacific again."

Rogen's wife did say she received a "sincere" phone call from Cathay Pacific's American division.

It seems this tale does have a happy ending, as Rogen tweeted the following this morning:

Ironically, Cathay Pacific was just voted the world's best airline at the World Airline Awards for the fourth time in 11 years.

This isn't the first time Rogen has been unhappy with an airline and did his wife's bidding. In October of 2013, Rogen took on United Airlines.

"Hey @united! Great job f****** my wife around all day and being total d***s to her when she tried to get help!"


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