Gabrielle Union: "My Weave Got Flagged" by Airport Security

Celebrity News February 10, 2012 AT 4:31PM By Zach Johnson

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Gabrielle Union had an "unbeweaveable" travel experience Wednesday.

The 39-year-old actress (currently dating NBA player Dwyane Wade, 30) said her "weave got 'flagged' by the bodyscan at security. TSA required a hair pat-down," she tweeted. "No lie. They could've just asked if it was the temple hair."

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"If human hair and thread sets off the body scanner, a lot of folks just ended up on the 'watch list,'" the Good Deeds star added. "It's a weave, not terrorism."

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Union was surprised by the experience because "it was a black female TSA agent" who stopped her. "She could have just asked. It ain't no secret!"

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The star was eventually allowed to board the plane, and Union was able to make light of the strange security experience. "Hopefully my weave doesn't cause turbulence," she joked. "It's clearly very powerful."

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February 11, 2012 - 12:52pm Ketia Benoit
I fell you ms union, some of these tsa workers are worker to hard,I have almost the same experience.
February 10, 2012 - 10:51pm Ashley Billard
well, thanks for the heads up Gabrielle!!! i'll need to prepare myself for the next time i travel.!!!. :) lol.
February 10, 2012 - 8:28pm Lisa Zelenak
I travel alot with my friend who has dark thick hair, she is not African American and this seems to happy to her a lot more recently. I have blond thin hair, never happens to me, LOL and I actually have tracks in my hair,
February 10, 2012 - 5:39pm Bronwyn Roberts
Happened to me and I"m white - it was a nice, quick head massage! Let it go!
February 10, 2012 - 5:29pm Ava W. Funderburk
HA! That's funny, but seriously...the TSA agent just wasted that poor girls time. Kinda ridiculous.