If you're a woman of a certain age (that age at which you decide you never wish to pose for Playboy), you may be at the altar of All That Is Good and True praying that Kyla Ebbert's 15 minutes of fame would be up already!If you're anyone else, you're probably clicking over to Playboy.com right now to see her sexy lingerie-clad shots (there's also a video of Kyla wearing nothing but a barely-long-enough cowl-neck shirt walking down a hotel hallway). You are probably thinking one of two things: (1) this is the first time that terrible fashion sense actually paid; or (2) Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is very, very smart.
This is the first time I can remember that some awful PR for an airline ended up paying off for both the airline and the wronged passenger, prolonging not only Kyla Ebbert's 15 minutes but also Southwest's own.
When Ebbert first was escorted off a Southwest plane for her skimpy attire (and, after begging and adjusting her tank top and skirt, allowed back on), she said she was humiliated. It was a few months later before she decided to tell someone about it; probably urged by her boyfriend, hoping to go from ordinary schlep to Boyfriend of Playboy Model. Suddenly: everyone was buzzing. It looked bad for Southwest -- very bad.
But like the Teflon Don of airlines, Southwest bounced back, apologizing to Kyla and offering a skimpy fare sale in her honor. Southwest did not get her permission to use her name in its advertising. It did not affect Southwest's prospects in the slightest.
Now Southwest is memorialized as the launchpad for the fake-blonde-who-could turn 15 minutes into too long; and it's not lost a bit of its edgy, sexy cache. Bravo, Southwest, for turning mud into smutty gold.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-16-2007 @ 7:04PM
nomy said...
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Kyla Ebbert Playboy video >> http://kyla-ebbert-playboy.notlong.com/
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11-16-2007 @ 7:19PM
Rick Jacobs said...
Hey why wouldn't you show that LEGS IN THE AIR Playboy video with Kyla Ebbert
There's a free copy available about here:
http://hot-news-daily.blogspot.com/2007/11/kyla-ebbert-playboy-2008.html
http://hot-news-daily.blogspot.com/2007/11/kyla-ebbert-playboy-2008.html
11-17-2007 @ 4:34PM
larry said...
It's amazing how the "poor" "innocent" victim, who by the way was humiliated and embarrassed beyond redemption could easily bounce back for a less than 6 figure payday by showing off exactly that which started this whole ordeal in the first place. Everyone with an oz. of intelligence knows exactly why she waited a month to say anything. She's too stupid to think of milking the situation for all it's worth by herself. She had to be pushed by some ambulance in the sky chaser and a pair of immoral idiots for parents. Well she landed exactly where someone like her belongs. Smack down on the pages of a smut magazine (tastefully done my ass) with her legs in the air. Look at her face. She's taken several money shots to the chin I'll wager. Let's see her sue Southwest Airlines now. Any judge, who's not receiving a quicky from her, will dismiss any lawsuit. She's not so embarrassed now is she. Dr. Phil ripped into her when she showed her true colors by not excepting SWA apology and hinting that she was probably going to sue anyway. Even after saying that all she wanted was an apology. Way to go Dr. Phil. By the way, like pot is a gateway drug to something more hardcore, so is Playboy. Before you know it she'll be a washed up pornstar with a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head because one day she'll relize that she is nothing more than a moraless whore with a screwed up support system. Have fun getting strung out on drugs and being the center piece of a train blondie. Can anyone say straight to video.
11-20-2007 @ 3:09PM
chewynougat said...
It really doesn't matter whether she's a slut or not. Her "virtue" as it may, is not on trial. She was wrongly booted from the flight, period. I heard they also used her name and likeness w/ out her permission for a "mini skirt" marketing campaign. They were in the wrong. Of course there are frivolous law suits abound, but I don't think she is the problem here. Your bitterness aimed at women and their sexual habits, is astounding. Ever consider therapy?
11-17-2007 @ 6:08PM
Cameron said...
So Kyla wants to go to law school. Well she's on the right track...first stop Playboy...next stop stripper weekends in Las Vegas (courtsey of Southwest Airlines of course)...then it's off to Chatsworth for a few porn cameos...then off to law school. Mom must be so proud.