'Arrow' star Stephen Amell responds to reports that he was 'forcibly removed' from a flight after an 'altercation' with his wife: 'I let my emotions get the better of me'

• "Arrow" star Stephen Amell responded to a report that he was forcibly removed from a flight.
• "I let my emotions get the better of me, end of story," the actor wrote in a tweet.
• He also denied that he was removed by force, and noted that it "must be a slow news cycle."

Stephen Amell denied reports that he was forcibly removed from a Los Angeles-bound flight after an alleged "altercation" with his wife, actress Cassandra Jean Amell.

"My wife and I got into an argument Monday afternoon on a Delta flight from Austin to LA. I was asked to lower my voice and I did," Amell tweeted on Wednesday. "Approximately 10 minutes later I was asked to leave the flight. And I did so immediately."

The "Arrow" star, who has a 7-year-old daughter named Maverick with Cassandra, wrote in the same tweet that he was "not forcibly removed," contrary to reports, and in a follow-up said that he booked himself on another flight that departed Austin a couple of hours later "without any further issue."

"I let my emotions get the better of me, end of story," Amell added. "Must be a slow news cycle."

-Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) June 23, 2021

-Stephen Amell (@StephenAmell) June 23, 2021

The actor did not cite any specific publications in his tweets but appeared to be responding directly to Page Six's original report, which said that Amell allegedly "screamed" at Cassandra and appeared "drunk."

Page Six also reported that Amell, who was en route back to Los Angeles after attending the ATX Television Festival in Austin, was asked "multiple times to calm down" by a flight attendant and was then escorted off the plane by "an air marshal and three other flight attendants."

A spokesperson for Delta confirmed that a passenger was "deplaned" from its Austin to Los Angeles flight but did not identify the "unruly customer" as Amell, writing in a statement to Page Six: "Delta flight 966 on June 21 took a brief, eight minute departure delay after an unruly customer was deplaned from the aircraft prior to departure in Austin. The flight arrived ahead of schedule at Los Angeles International Airport."

Representatives for Amell didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.