LOS ANGELES — Johnny Knoxville has apologized after being detained Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport when authorities discovered an inert grenade in his carry-on luggage.
Knoxville, who was later released and allowed to board his American Airlines flight to Miami, explained the ordeal as nothing more than an oversight.
"A few days ago, I was filming some commercials for this show we are doing for MTV called "Nitro Circus," so I took a bunch of silly props in my carry-on bag to the shoot," wrote Knoxville on his blog. "Well, when the shoot was over, the wardrobe girl packed my luggage so I could go home and, unbeknownst to me, she packed a FAKE hand grenade (a prop grenade that I'd taken to the shoot) in the front zipper of my luggage. Needless to say, when I was packing to go out of town this morning with my girlfriend and daughter, I didn't see the FAKE grenade in my luggage."
The "Jackass" star, who said he was "bummed" once he realized what had happened, said he was treated well but wants to make that sure the public knows the real story.
"The cops did their job and verified that it wasn't real," wrote Knoxville. "Also, they were cool as they could be to me, considering the situation, and it is no ones fault but my own.
"I should have checked my goddamn luggage through and through, but I didn't and now we have this incident. From what I hear, all the tabloids are saying it was a real grenade, but that's bull****. They just said that to make a story out of it, because if it was real I never would have been allowed to board my flight to Miami an hour later. Anyway, it was a mistake, and I just landed at the Miami airport. Damn."
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