Yahoo EntertainmentAlyssa Milano Is Not Happy Heathrow Airport Confiscated Her Breast Milk
Memo to those at Heathrow Airport: if you piss off Alyssa Milano, you're gonna hear about it on Twitter. And if it's about breast milk, you're really gonna hear about it.
The actress and breastfeeding advocate went on a Twitter tirade after the London airport confiscated 10 ounces of her breast milk. Oddly enough, just before the incident, Milano tweeted just how hard is to pump breast milk on a plane.
Pumping on a plane is difficult. Small FYI.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
In case you're unfamiliar with Milano's love of breastfeeding, let us remind you she has frequently Instagrammed photos of herself breastfeeding her 7-month-old baby girl, Elizabella. (Milano also has a 3-year-old son, Milo.) So, of all of the women who are currently breastfeeding out there, Heathrow messed with the wrong one. So the airport was really in for it.
(1 of 2) @HeathrowAirport just took my pumped breast milk away. 10 ounces. Gone. Not okay.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
(2 of 2) They said they would let the pumped milk through if I had the baby with me. Why would I need to pump if I had the baby with me????
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
.@HeathrowAirport Why can you test my toiletries to make sure they are safe but you have to throw away my breast milk?
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
.@HeathrowAirport I was told I would be fine if the baby was with me. Plus, it was less than 5 ounces per container. Why is my shampoo okay?
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
She then sent out a longer tweet to fully demonstrate her rage. "@HeathrowAirport I would have happily spread milk in different containers (which I travel with) to comply to those liquid rules," she wrote, not willing to give up on her stance. "Instead, milk was taken away with no discussion. Shampoo, lotions, etcetera were simply tested and handed back with no issue. Makes no sense at all."
And there was more. Milano was not happy.
PS. Another reason it makes no sense - when I got past security it was time to pump again so... I did carry on 5 ounces of breast milk.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 9, 2015
To top off Alyssa's unsettling flight, she had to file a lost baggage claim when she arrived at her destination. In a longer Tweet, she wrote, "PPS. I travel w/ a portable Medela breast pump on the plane. Hoping this is just a weird coincidence but my other breast pump that I checked w/ the rest of my baggage... is lost. Everything arrived at my final destination except my hospital grade breast pump. Filling out a lost baggage claim now."
Heathrow eventually replied to Milano.
@Alyssa_Milano Hi Alyssa. Unfortunately, without a baby present, the government requires all liquids in carry-ons to follow the 100ml rule.
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) April 9, 2015
@Alyssa_Milano Hi Alyssa. We replied to your first tweet with the answer, but more info can be found here: http://t.co/poCZcEWkLm
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) April 9, 2015
@Alyssa_Milano Sorry for any confusion caused. To confirm, if you aren't travelling with your baby, milk is subject to the 100ml/(3.4oz) 1/2
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) April 9, 2015
@Alyssa_Milano liquid restriction. If you need further info this, I would encourage you to visit their website- http://t.co/tl8R8nj0FA 2/2
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) April 9, 2015
Milano's tiff with Heathrow will likely be divisive — there will be those who believe there should be a one-size-fits-all policy for liquids on airplanes, and others who think disposing breast milk is silly and should be an exception to the rule. But given the actress's zealousness when it comes to breast milk, it doesn't seem like Milano will be easily mollified.
