Diana Ross Interview GMA 1999: "I felt 'violated' by 'invasive' Airport Security pat down"

Diana Ross responds to being detained by police for allegedly assaulting a female airport security officer at London's Heathrow Airport after Diana felt the female security guard/officer went way overboard by doing an overly invasive pat down/body check of Diana and essentially assaulting her . Diana says the guard basically "touched my private parts" which made her very angry. Diana says she felt completely violated. Watch the video for more of this story. This incident took place on September 22, 1999.

[@snarkyenigma9219]

I worked for the airlines for years, and I know the importance of stringent security measures, but I'm glad Diana Ross brought attention to this because IMO, the airport authorities have been out of control (mad with power) for far too long. I mean let's be real ... like what the hell did these people think Diana effing Ross was going to do?

[@SmoothCinnamonX]

Diana looks GORGEOUS and STUNNING with flat-ironed purple hair!!! #queen

[@logandavis4706]

Leave Diana Ross the hell alone

[@timlynch5710]

On an airline, she's just an ordinary person. She doesn't get special treatment at airport security? Such an overindulged baby.

[@Dion_Mustard]

sorry, but she's only human like the rest of us, huni. and she's false. she lies repeatedly during interviews. especially about the supremes.

[@stephenhardin2378]

Hello that’s right. Leave the supreme lady alone the hell alone.

[@Dion_Mustard]

@@stephenhardin2378 she is an egotistical nightmare and false.

[@stevenmorris4369]

Diana was right to complain. They humiliates everyone and they are not nice about it

[@patriciajorquera6278]

Español

[@sounds0fmeows]

She wouldn't have gotten arrested if she didn't act like a Karen

[@nicestar2198]

i feel like this was an attack to humble her people hate a black woman with a mind of her own and with high self esteem. that whole thing that happened to her was completely out of line.

[@elainebines6803]

It's bad enough - don't try embellishing it. Your perception is not mine

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

Honey the bulk of her generational wealth will end up in the hands of non-blacks as she and her kids only date and marry whight....Rhonda being the exception. A complete and utter sellout.

[@punkanellylovejoy702]

I like her hair though, always. But NOT what it's attached to. She keeps the texture of her hair BLACK. I'll give her that much. Not that there's anything wrong with straight hair. But I notice she keeps her hair texture black.

[@dddddadadad1796]

EXACTLY!!

[@jolenesimon6123]

​@@sophiamarquisBS

[@TheGANGSTARDAVE]

Diana Ross was completely right about complaining I feel her pain I to was assaulted by police for no reason

[@Dion_Mustard]

she TOTALLY OVER EXAGGERATED...

[@suzannebear4194]

It's like be molested in public. So horrifying 😢

[@Dion_Mustard]

Utter rubbish. It's called Security Checks. You're forgetting Ms Ross has always been an egotistical unpleasant Diva with a bad attitude. She thinks she's something special, not to me or many others. She's just human.

[@nickdillon1096]

I understand Diana Ross' stance.

[@Vibeagain]

Don't tell me it's what should we all should just expect in this era. What she's speaking out about is what she's doing for all of us

[@briansummers843]

After all the things Diana Ross and many others had to endure in the 60s on the road 🤬

[@AlkalineInsides]

We’re all human. Sometimes our emotions may get the best of us. She lived a lot of life up to that point- things happen. But the airport definitely sucked.

[@johndalton3180]

I'm with MISS ROSS 2000 percent.

[@Dion_Mustard]

Why?

[@dddddadadad1796]

Poor thing. She was suffering so, and you could plainly see it.

[@CodyCole80]

This was around the time she was breaking up with Arne too. That breakup caused her to turn to alcohol.

[@rossnumberone2]

That break up contributed to her breakdown and the cancellation of her Supremes tour was the straw that broke the camel's back. A difficult time for her.

[@CodyCole80]

@@rossnumberone2 I never knew she actually had a breakdown. I just thought she started drinking a lot.

[@rossnumberone2]

@@CodyCole80 She was arrested in 2002 for driving under the influence. Luckily, she is healthy now.

[@ngangajeremiah9912]

Women are the best in acting on who they are not in public.

[@girlbrittneygirl]

I love the purple hair!🥰

[@oliviaclaudenguema4628]

Sooo inappropriate and humiliating...

[@dano3952]

Her problem back then was she screwed up her marriage to Arne Naess and was moody as hell lookin to be aggressive. Triggered. Then she tried to salvage herself with a Supremes reunion tour to fix the negative press but only to screw that up too when cutting out original Supreme Mary Wilson from the tour. Fans weren't having any of her BS and that tour collapsed and she started drinking.

[@timlynch5710]

Boo hoo.

[@herbreid1057]

2 years later was 9 - 11 .

[@bryanedney2723]

As she said, "It is surprising that a woman can be searched in this manner out in public...this physical, hands-on is a lot". I'd like to think that security searches have been modified so that they aren't this invasive anymore.

[@mattheww239]

3:53 “And I really did the same thing to her that she did to me.” Hey, they don’t call her The Boss for nothing!

[@dianaross-dubbed5594]

I didn't like this period...

[@johnmelvinluce5320]

I love Diana because she is real God bless her always

[@beverlycromwell9805]

now a days they have a body scanner at the airport

[@sexymixedbro]

Airports are still doing manual searches

[@RC-ku8pr]

THEY NEW SHE WAS COMING AND I TOO WOULD HAVE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE ...INSANE

[@debbiehanna6584]

Lord you shouldn't have to apologize for being human

[@jacobpatrickpoulsen6608]

You can tell that she was really affected by this and she handled herself really well during this interview. The thing that she did towards the security guard was not bad at all, but she was frustrated by how they behaved towards her. I can fully understand Diana´s opinion about this situation.

[@dddddadadad1796]

I felt THEN and I feel NOW, Ms. Ross was SO CORRECT to complain and to be vocal about all this. She felt violated. She deserved the right to speak out

[@deejohnson3662]

She felt entitled and embarrassed.

[@dddddadadad1796]

@@deejohnson3662 bc you live in her body, u KNOW how she felt. Go play in traffic

[@dano3952]

She's very controlling of her narrative. Just like Patsy Ramsey.

[@deejohnson3662]

Yep! 😂

[@Vibeagain]

Whoops.Dumbassumption

[@Vibeagain]

Dip!

[@guruvasa]

Totally sympathize with you Diana! London and Amsterdam airports were the most invasive and rude in handling foregin women . I experienced the same in London in December 1999.

[@deluxewaterless7229]

Diana Ross said all those years ago the UK Cops were nice to her. If she had not been famous and still black they would or may not have been..😂😂😂 She was right to be upset the way some treat people.

[@fabiohoyos4199]

8:19 Diana is very polite and educated .😊 she could have called queen Elizabeth

[@atrocchia]

A superstar got treated like a common person. The horror.

[@iriswilliams2266]

I LOVE YOU DIANA ROSS, I AM ONE OF YOUR FAN'S, OF COURSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AT ALL, BUT I AM SO SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH. I HEARD YOU SAY, THE FEMALE SECURITY OFFICER HAD NO GLOVES ON SHE HAD NO GLOVES ON, WHICH MEANT SHE TOUCH PRIVATE PARTS IN THE BACK, FRONT AND NEAR THE ORGAN, NO ONE SHOULD COME CLOSE TO TOUCHING, IF THEY ARE DOING A BODY SEARCH AND USING NO GLOVES AT ALL!!!! SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME SEXUAL FANTASIES OF SOME SORT. I COULD NOT HAVE A JOB LIKE THAT, BUT I WOULD RATHER A FEMALE INSTEAD OF A MAN. EITHER WAY SHE SHOULD HAVE BY LAW AND FOR SANITARY REASONS BEEN WEARING GLOVES. THE SECURITY OFFICER MIGHT HAVE SOME SKIN DISEASE!! AND RUBBING SKIN WITH SKIN. THIS IS VERY UNHEALTHY!!! I DO HOPE DIANA ROSS, THAT YOU CAN PUT THIS SITUATION BEHIND YOU, AND I HOPE THAT THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU AGAIN, OR ANYONE. SEARCH IS IMPORTANT, BUT I HOPE THAT IT WILL BE MANDITORY, THAT ALL AIRPORTS WILL USE MORE UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT WHEN IT COMES TO SEARCHING US, BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE CHECK POINTS IN AND OUT OF ALL AIRPORTS FROM NOW ON NATIONWIDE. I HOPE YOU ARE BORN AGAIN DIANA .... JOHN 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVE IN HIM, SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. ROMANS 10:9-1O IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH, THAT JESUS IS LORD, AND BELEIVE IN YOUR THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. MATTHEW 28:17-19-20 THIS SCRIPTURE TELL US ABOUT THE LAST COMMANDMENT, THAT JESUS CHRIST GAVE HIS DISIPLES, BEFORE HE ASCENDED INTO THE HEAVEN. READ IT FOR YOURSELF. HE TOLD HIS DISIPLES TO GO INTO ALL NATIONS BAPTIZING IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE > GIVES US THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, WHILE HE WAS ON THE EARTH. MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN. LEADING TO HIS DEATH, AND THE FACT THAT HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD ...AND HE IS NOW SEATED IN HEAVEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FATHER. WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN ONE DAY. AND TO SEE OUR GOD WHO IS A FORGIVER OF SINS WHO SENT HIS SON TO GIVE HIS LIFE AND WHO ROSE THE THIRD DAY, PROVING TO ALL OF US HE IS INDEED THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST IS THE LORD AND LORDS AND THE KING OF KINGS. OUR SALVATION WAS PAID FOR BY CHRIST JESUS, WITH HIS BLOOD. JESUS CHRIST PAID THE PRICE, SO THAT YOU AND I CAN BE SAVED FROM HELL, AND SATANS TEMPATIONS. AND TO LEARN WHO WE ARE, WHOSE WE ARE AND OUR TRUE REASON FOR BEING ...GOD CREATED US FOR HIS GLORY!! NOT MAN!! "PEACE"

[@sounds0fmeows]

probably wouldn't have gotten arrested if she didn't act like an entitled Karen towards them..

[@stevenmorris4369]

She did want most woman want to do.

[@jolenesimon6123]

Don't even try it.

[@aintnothingliketheoldskool]

​@@jolenesimon6123you should take your own advice because you're doing this and she doesn't even know who you are.

[@Vibeagain]

Simp

[@EdmundSookermany]

I agree with her except for the feminist bullshit "not the way to touch a woman in public" a woman NOR A MAN!! Man a human beings too helloo!!!!

[@ttee3618]

I really love Lady Di however gurl you were frightened? In an airport ? Shes so dramatic and nothing less than a DIVA. 😚

[@johndalton3180]

Wow. Pre 9/11.

[@vivianhobbs4908]

She knew exactly who Diana Ross⚘️ was that guard didn't have to treat her like someone breaking the law 😢

[@deejohnson3662]

Guard didn't know who she was. Stated she only sin a passenger with wild hair.❤😂

[@Sc0rpion]

The guard probably wanted to a cop a feel for that very reason. Diana is a beautiful woman.

[@mick681]

I felt 'violated' by 'invasive' Airport Security pat down. Don't we all? Sorry Diana, I love you but you are just like the rest of us underneath.

[@Vibeagain]

She's speaking for all of us and the gutless cowards who have not it within them to say something

[@microbios8586]

She is a whiner.

[@chrism.4544]

why I don't fly anymore.

[@Vibeagain]

Word

[@BrianFinnegan-cn5mk]

Imagine having to be treated like everyone else

[@anubisjohnson4568]

Do you have titties? .. You weren't there. I would have rallied the TSA at Heathrow but they are one of the toughest security airport checkpoints in the World! 💯. Love you Diana 🌹

[@anubisjohnson4568]

Black and female? 💯

[@BrianFinnegan-cn5mk]

@@anubisjohnson4568 ordinary ppl have to put up with this no matter what their skin colour

[@cncphilly]

@@BrianFinnegan-cn5mk that doesn't make it OK. maybe no one should have to put up with it, how about that? sometimes it takes a public figure to speak out to change things

[@BrianFinnegan-cn5mk]

@cncphilly it's called the rough and smooth of life ,get on with it like everyone else has to. Ofc it be great if the world was perfect but that's not the world we live in.

[@magathaebai7114]

#ThatWasWrongOfTheOfficerToAssaultHerLikeThat #IHopeDianaIsOkNow

[@michaelcarm]

Arrogant, entitled and aggressive. We all have to submit to securit measures, but she feels she is special. And we only hear her side of the story.

[@dddddadadad1796]

Awww. Well if u try to be a better person, u can get over that aggressive, entitled, and aggressive nature!

[@deejohnson3662]

You were not at motown having your way, Berry was not there to save you😢. That was a wake up call to reality

[@dddddadadad1796]

@@deejohnson3662 considering that Miss Ross was still signed to Motown when this happened perhaps you should get ur facts straight before trying to comment

[@Vibeagain]

Lick the boot a little cleaner, Cathy

[@deejohnson3662]

She was feeling special. Florence probably felt violated.

[@Vibeagain]

Simp

[@osimeon00]

I work for one of the busiest airports in the world and everybody has to go through this. What she's describing is exactly what a pat down is. She complained about the same thing years later on Twitter at the New Orleans airport. She thinks the rules don't apply to her.

[@dddddadadad1796]

No. She complained about what happened to HER. And she had a right to do so bc it IS intrusive.

[@stevenmorris4369]

Bullshit

[@sounds0fmeows]

yet sleeping around with the music executives isn’t violating..

[@50CCSHUN]

Well those music execs were very much willing participants.. hint: Berry Gordy.

[@deejohnson3662]

😂

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

@radiant.cateye: Come on! She has payed her dues of being a major celebrity! At least she's conscious about what it takes to be a DIVA. This just goes with the territory, sadly...

[@roberth5708]

What the Hell you got to do with her Puzzy And they knew who in the hell she was and it was because she was a successful black woman 👠

[@Graz_Mc]

Mary, is that you?

[@shemdickson4445]

TO THIS SPECIALTY NEWCASTERS [“RESTLESSRICK”] WHAT “A GMA HOSTESS’ 1999 FEDREACY INTERVIEW WITH DIANA ROSS” AND Y’ALL, “LATEST REPORT VIEWERS, ‘MAY YOUR GRAND CREATOR BLESS’ ALL!!” 😺🌦

[@nygurlmorris422]

I had been thinking years ago out of nowhere, that if Michael Jackson died, people would go nuts, he died the next week. Last week I had been wondering if Carl Weathers had passed after I watched a Rocky movie, he passed the next week, this week. I hope the same thing happens if I ever wonder about Diane Ross.

[@chasegordonn]

Can we just talk about how literally there is a purple glow around her? 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹