Ryanair chairman Michael O’Leary splattered with pies by Belgian eco-activists

7 Sep 2023 • 9:56 PM MYT
The Independent
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This is the moment Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is splattered in the face with cream pies by an eco-activitist as he prepared to speak to media in Brussels.

O’Leary,62, was in Belgian to speak at a press conference on Thursday and deliver a petition to proptect overflights in Europe.

He was delivering an interview, alongside a cardboard cut-out of European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, when a black-clad woman ran up and smashed the pie into his face.

The ordeal didn’t appear to trouble O’Leary too much. Speaking to media after the incident, he joked: ‘I have never had such a warm welcome.”

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