Privileged life of drunk plane passenger who had violent meltdown

A woman who body-shamed, spat on, and pulled the hair of an innocent plane passenger during a drunken freak-out is a New York City artist who has worked with several high-end companies, Daily Mail can reveal. 

Leanna Perry, 32, had an obnoxious meltdown onboard a Southwest Airlines plane at LaGuardia Airport in New York en route to Kansas City, Missouri, early Monday morning.

The now-viral clips of her cursing, slurring her words, kicking, screaming and calling a female passenger ‘fat’ quickly took over the internet.

One traveler, who recorded the bizarre scene, told the Daily Mail that Perry was so aggressive she even ‘knocked the glasses off the Southwest employee.’

The Brooklyn-based illustration artist was escorted off the plane in a gurney and was taken into custody on suspicion of aggravated assault, the Port Authority Police Department said. 

Prior to her dramatic outburst, Perry shared her work on her website and across social media, which she swiftly deleted after Daily Mail approached her for comment. 

She recently created pieces and worked for well-known brands, including Adidas, MAC, Maybelline and Hot Topic, and Shein, her accounts showed. 

Perry’s privileged portfolio also showed that she completed artwork for fashion designers Betsey Johnson and Nicole Miller. 

A year ago, she posted to her now-deleted LinkedIn page that she had started a job at makeup behemoth Maybelline New York. 

Leanna Perry, the 32-year-old who had an obnoxious meltdown onboard a Southwest Airlines plane, is a New York City artist who’s worked with several companies

The now-viral clips of her cursing, slurring her words, kicking, screaming and calling a female passenger ‘fat’ quickly took over the internet

In her position, she said she would ‘be designing the look of the brand across all e-commerce platforms’ with the ‘iconic NYC brand.’

Perry lives in an airy one-bedroom high-rise apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that costs $4,000 a month to rent. 

She’s been spotted enjoying the NYC fashion scene and has attended several runway shows and events, per social media posts.

Perry is originally from the quaint Midwest city of Lee’s Summit, Missouri – about 30 minutes from Kansas City – where she grew up with three brothers. 

Daily Mail contacted Perry and Maybelline New York for comment but did not immediately hear back. 

Several videos showed Perry screaming at the unidentified woman over her weight and clothing. 

Perry, who police said was ‘intoxicated’, donned long black hair, a red baseball hat and an all-black outfit while she appeared to get verbally confrontational with the other woman just moments before things turned physical.

She then gripped the other woman’s hair tightly and screamed: ‘Shut the f*** up, don’t f***ing touch me!’

Prior to her dramatic outburst, Perry (left) shared her work on her website and across social media. She swiftly deleted it after Daily Mail approached her for comment

She recently created pieces and worked for well-known brands, including Adidas, MAC, Maybelline and Hot Topic, and Shein, her accounts showed

Several people then stepped in, including two Southwest employees and another passenger, seemingly trying to de-escalate the situation.

A female employee then called another staff member on the phone and repeatedly asked the woman to let go of the other passenger’s hair, but she refused to and flashed a cunning smile.

‘I’m not even touching her hair b****,’ the unhinged passenger replied while she hung onto the woman’s hair and grinned.

After asking other staff to notify police of the incident, she shouted: ‘911!’ with her arms held behind her back.

Still holding the woman’s hair, she yelled: ‘Yeah, I’m sorry! I didn’t want to sit next to a f**ing fat lady.’

While people continued to try to get her to let go of the woman’s hair, she shouted: ‘You guys are already past the point of no return. You’re already past the point of no return!’

Once she finally released her hand from the woman’s head, her hands were placed behind her back as a Southwest flight attendant stepped in and secured some sort of restraints on her wrists.

‘Look at this fat lady. Look at this fat a** b****. She can’t even, look, you can’t even see her stomach,’ she babbled on as the woman she was talking about sat in front of her.

Perry (pictured with family) is originally from the quaint Midwest city of Lee’s Summit, Missouri – about 30 minutes from Kansas City

She’s been spotted enjoying the NYC fashion scene as she’s attended several runway shows and events, per social media posts

Perry is seen being restrained by a passenger and Southwest employees while she continued to berate the unidentified woman over her weight and appearance 

‘It’s horrible. Look at her outfit,’ she added. ‘Look at this fat a** b****. Hilarious. You can’t even show your mouth because you’re embarrassed,’ she went on, referring to the woman’s face mask.

The rowdy passenger then looked towards a man, also wearing a face mask, who was sitting next to the woman she repeatedly harassed. 

She screamed: ‘Shut the f*** up!… Sorry, I can’t hear you ugly a** f***ing dude who’s never gonna get laid again.’

Her comments only proceeded to intensify as she shouted at a man trying to help employees restrain her.

‘Oh, I’m sorry black guy! My boyfriend’s black so shut the f*** up. My boyfriend’s f***ing a black guy, my boyfriend’s a black, my boyfriend’s black, my boyfriend’s a f***ing black guy,’ she said as she appeared to slur her words and stumble over the chair.

She then picked her head up and spat directly at the woman she was seen berating, getting saliva all over her face.

Those holding her back then tried to move her away as one employee appeared to use the woman’s hair as a way to shield her spit from spreading.

‘Miss, please, we’re not doing all that. We’re not doing all that,’ the staffer said as she replied: ‘Shut the f*** up!’

She continued to throw around profanities and talk poorly about the woman and the man sitting next to her.

‘Ugly a** b****… You never got laid in your life. Your boyfriend’s d*** is like two inches big – that’s embarrassing,’ she said.

‘Oh, so sorry about your boyfriend. That’s horrible. That’s horrible.’

The Brooklyn-based illustration artist (left) was soon escorted off the plane in a gurney and was taken into custody for aggravated assault

Leanna Perry (center) attends fashion and art events in the New York scene 

The crazy passenger then fell to the ground, planting her face in the aisle of the plane as she complained: ‘I can’t breathe.’

She then suddenly flipped around on the ground, shouting: ‘Shut the f*** up I can’t breathe,’ as her hair covered her face.

Her legs then flew in the air as she continued cursing while passengers and staff looked on.

‘Nobody’s f***ing touching me! You’re not letting me go motherf***er. You’re corny as f***,’ she continued.

The woman she was harassing then said she couldn’t ‘get out,’ to which she replied: ‘Yeah you can’t get out! You’re f***ing fat as sh**,’ as she kicked the lady.

The woman and man then got out of their seats while staff dealt with the woman in the aisle.

She appeared to cooperate for a moment, but then she started yelling and kicking the employees and other passengers who tried to help.

A spokesperson with Southwest Airlines told Daily Mail Perry was not allowed back on the flight after she was taken off. 

‘We commend our Team for their professionalism during the incident,’ they added. 

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