Abbey Clancy has revealed that her 15-year-old daughter Sophia was nearly arrested at New York border control after making a joke about firearms. The 40-year-old model travelled to New York with her children Sophia Ruby, 15, Liberty, 11, Johnny, eight, and Jack, seven, and described a chaotic start to their holiday.
Gun comment sparks border force response
While arriving in New York, Sophia made a comment about a gun being linked to her fingerprints, which caught the attention of a border force officer. Speaking on her podcast The Therapy Crouch, Abbey said: 'Sophia nearly got arrested at the airport, we're landing in New York, it's kind of security heavy… strict.' She explained that it was impossible to joke with the officers.
Abbey continued: 'Those immigration officers are not fun. You cannot crack a joke with them. Sophia renewed her passport since she last visited the US, and she had to do her fingerprints. Sophia was like "Why do I have to do fingerprints? Is that in case there are fingerprints on the gun?" They were like "Sorry Miss, what did you say? What fingerprints on the gun?" and then she was like "There's guns here and you could have my fingerprints…" and they were like "What? your fingerprints are on a gun?"'
Abbey intervenes
Abbey intervened as the situation escalated. She recalled: 'I was like "No, my daughter is not saying her fingerprints are on a gun", she's saying "Is that how you catch criminals, if fingerprints are on a gun?"'
Shortly after, a woman left a bag unattended near Abbey, causing further security concerns. Abbey said: 'A lady left her bag and the queue spirals round and everyone was going "Whose is this?" … At this point she was at the opposite end and I was right near the bag and I was thinking f***ing hell, so this poor woman got accused of leaving a bomb bag.'
Abbey added: 'She just left it at the end as she didn't want to keep carrying it. So then we got our bags and the driver left us because we were taking too long and I just burst into tears.'
Family trip to New York
Abbey shared snaps from their New York break for the World Cup on Instagram, captioning: 'Well that was special. World Cup final [red love hearts] congratulations to Spain.' The post received over 19,000 likes and comments from fans and friends, including Denise Van Outen. The family also saw the Statue of Liberty, with Abbey saying: 'When Liberty met Liberty.'
