‘Lesson Learned’: Andie MacDowell Responds To Backlash After Complaints About Downgrade From 1st Class

Andie MacDowell will think twice before griping about “first world problems”; on social media following the backlash she received when she took to Twitter to gripe about being downgraded from first class on a recent flight.

On Friday, the Cedar Cove actress tweeted a photo of herself and her seat-mates on an American Airlines flight, writing she “paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for.”;

@AmericanAir HELP I paid for first class & they put me in tourist because of my dog that I pre-booked & paid for pic.twitter.com/KmKX4ZTQqj

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThe backlash was immediate, with Twitter users making a mockery of her complaint:

@AndieMacDowell3 @AmericanAir WAAAA these cry baby ex celebs I say ex because she has made nothing of quality in over 20 years. — rusty santos (@BHCRUSTY) January 23, 2016

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@AndieMacDowell3 @alreadytakeni @kiwigirl3 @AmericanAir Poor thing. Bet that sorta thing never happens to Gena Davis!

— Jeffrey Voth (@Acuda4me) January 23, 2016

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@AndieMacDowell3 @AmericanAir the horror!!! TOURIST class!! You shouldn’t be forced to sit with filth. You are above us — Matty Fresh (@OnePlyWiper) January 23, 2016

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@AndieMacDowell3 Oh! Poor baby. Forced to sit with the unwashed masses.

— jim collins (@jamest35209) January 23, 2016

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsFollowing more nasty tweets, MacDowell clarified the situation, explaining a “rude”; airline employee handled the situation poorly.

@AmericanAir there was no excuse why the guy would not just let me ask someone to change seats he had a power trip

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

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@AmericanAir he said take the seat or don’t get on my plane I was there early to ask for help and from the moment I met him he was rude

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 22, 2016

//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsUltimately, MacDowell admitted the lesson had been learned: “Never complain on Twitter & don’t pay for first class on American Airlines, only express gratitude,”; she wrote, asking, “Can we move on now?”; followed by a heart emoticon.

I’m very happy flying in coach I’m happy on a bus or the subway but if I play for first class, that’s where I want to be,that was the point — Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016

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Lessons learned never,complain on Twitter & don’t pay for first class on American Airlines, only express gratitude…can we move on now

— Andie MacDowell (@AndieMacDowell3) January 24, 2016