naomi campbellNaomi Campbell has said she thinks her air rage incident was blown out of proportion because of the heightened state of alert on planes these days.

The supermodel was narrowly avoided a prison sentence after pleading guilty to six charges following the incident at Heathrow Airport in April. She is currently serving her 200 hours of community service at a homeless shelter in East London.

She explained recently: “I think after 9/11 you can’t say anything any more on a plane.

“I’ve flown British Airways for years, since I was a child. The stewardesses will tell you that I would get on a plane, put on the blanket and go to sleep.

“I’ve always been chilled out, but if you were called a racial name you would get p***ed off.”

“I’ll never fly that airline again, but nothing’s really lost. I did get my luggage. I was reunited with my [Yves Saint Laurent], and everything was cool.”

Naomi is said to have verbally abused the plane’s cabin crew and captain before transport police were called. Onlookers report she spat at one of the officers before being handcuffed and removed from the plane before take-off.