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N.Y. Post: Spears annoys passengers with fit about lack of leather seats

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updated 3:17 p.m. ET May 21, 2007

LOS ANGELES - What can we say? Apparently she likes her leather.

Britney Spears reportedly threw a temper tantrum on a United Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Miami on Friday night because the plane didn’t have leather seats, according to the New York Post's Page Six based on info from Splash News.

As a result, just minutes before takeoff, Britney reportedly demanded to be let off the flight.

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“She just said, ‘I don’t want to fly on this plane. It hasn’t got leather seats,’ ” passenger Tony Sanchez reportedly told Splash News. “Some people were getting really annoyed.”

According to the report, the plane's captain and crew accommodated Britney’s request and let her off the flight.

Britney was scheduled to perform at the House of Blues in Orlando on Saturday night, followed by a Sunday performance in South Beach.

The trek to Florida marks the latest stops in Britney's abbreviated tour which has so far hit San Diego, Anaheim and Los Angeles.

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