Frontier Airlines flight attendant Alfredo Rivera has yet to address the viral incident in which he duct-taped an unruly passenger to his seat after the passenger allegedly groped members of the female flight crew and became physically combative during a flight.
But Rivera was given a voice in a spoof news report of the incident.
Shared by TMZ, the parody video features YouTube personality "The Real Spark" and starts and ends with actual news footage from the passenger-related turbulence in the sky.
You can watch the hilarious video, below.
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The Real Spark adopted the persona of Rivera and gave his job description in a bogus interview:
"I'm a flight attendant. That means I 'attend' the flights."
"Sometimes, our job has us 'attending' to crazy people. But you push us too far, you gonna have to 'attend' this ass whooping!"
He continued:
"Because on this particular flight, I'm sitting in the jump seat, and I'm just looking at him act a damn fool."
"I said, 'that's enough.' I got up and walked over there."
He added as a side note that the belligerent passenger smelled like, "Marlboro cigarettes, four shots of Everclear, and regret. So I know something's about to go down."
The New York Post reported that 22-year-old Maxwell Berry was arrested and charged with three counts of battery after he allegedly groped the female flight attendants and physically attacked a male flight attendant who was asked to keep an eye on the disruptive passenger.
In the fake interview, "Alfredo" said the defining moment was when Berry "touched my titties, 'cause I don't play that!!!"'
He added:
"So what I did was take out the duct-tape...and I said 'we about to mummify yo ass!'"
"And I wrapped him up. Better than any Christmas present you've ever seen."
"He won't be coming on no more Frontier flights at all."
The clip cut back to real newscasters laughing, with an anchorwoman giggling, "I don't know about that. Oh, boy."
Online, Twitter users were also howling over The Real Spark's spoof report.
Alfredo Rivera is the greatest storyteller of our time.pic.twitter.com/vKk9liITac— Krister Johnson (@Krister Johnson) 1628198441
This is hands down the most amazing interview I've ever seen— AU (@AU) 1628194645
you dropped this, king.pic.twitter.com/FUEmgX3EYt— Christopher Chapman (@Christopher Chapman) 1628194974
Viewers highlighted their favorite moments of the video.
Yo I had to rewind this part a few times pic.twitter.com/s4dgYZazOP— Marshal Moe (@Marshal Moe) 1628195131
His sound effect for the tape, I haven\u2019t laughed that hard in a minute— James Anderson (@James Anderson) 1628194153
And some seemed convinced they watched the real Alfredo Rivera giving his account of the incident.
This man wasting his talents on frontier he need to be on a stage someone sign this dude— Michael Figueroa (@Michael Figueroa) 1628194288
That flight attendant is everything! \u201csmells like a pack of cigarettes, four shots of Everclear and regret\u201d belongs in a country song.— Mary P (@Mary P) 1628208583
That\u2019s one flight attendant who is dying to take a one way flight to Hollywood.— The One (@The One) 1628194547
This guy is brilliant. If for some reason I\u2019m ever on a commercial flight again, I hope he\u2019s aboard!— David Niles (@David Niles) 1628199456
The real incident resulted in the flight crew being put on paid leave as an investigation is underway.
The real Alfredo Rivera has not publicly addressed his restraining tactic, which was supported by one of the largest flight attendant unions.
The president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Sara Nelson, said in a statement:
"Flight Attendants have faced an onslaught of disruptions on our flights this year."
"The situation on Frontier this weekend is one of the worst examples. A drunk and irate passenger verbally, physically, and sexually assaulted multiple members of the crew."
"When he refused to comply after multiple attempts to de-escalate, the crew was forced to restrain the passenger with the tools available to them onboard. We are supporting the crew."
