Conor McGregor fights led to "horrendous" fan behavior involving alcohol and verbal violence, recalls former air hostess

A former air hostess described how Conor McGregor's fights allegedly precipitated poor fan behavior, involving alcohol abuse and verbal violence.

The person in question is ex-flight attendant Skye Taylor. Speaking to the Daily Star earlier this year, Taylor, who's a mother, spoke about having traveled the world working in the airline industry. She served as an air hostess for 17 years before quitting Virgin Atlantic and the industry as a whole, owing to the grueling hours causing problems like insomnia.

Taylor claimed that a lot of cabin crew professionals lobbied to be booked on certain routes where people aren't provided with alcohol, as that's how bad some of the passengers' behavior would be while intoxicated.

Alluding to how alcoholic beverages are usually served on Vegas flights, Taylor indicated that she and her team would have a tough time with Thursday Vegas flights, LA flights, as well as some random routes such as the Carribean.

She implied that fans traveling for Conor McGregor's fights -- with most of his high-profile ones being held in Las Vegas -- and other big Vegas events particularly created a ruckus. Taylor stated:

"The main problem I think you have is McGregor fights and big events in Vegas where it is rowdy and it is mainly men on the flight. I have had loads of incidents of just rudeness, they don't listen, they congregate in the cabin and it is really, really dangerous."

The North London native asserted that she'd never been physically attacked but was verbally attacked "all the time" on such flights.

Taylor further alleged that she had persons engage in smoking vapes in the toilet, conceal alcohol, be extremely rude to the cabin crew, as well as attempt to grab the crew and scream in their faces. The flight attendant-turned-model added:

"It can be absolutely horrendous."

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Conor McGregor eyes return to fighting in the wake of recent legal issues

Certain Conor McGregor critics have often speculated that he and some of his followers risk facing the pitfalls of an allegedly unrestrained partygoer lifestyle. His detractors have lately cited the following instance.

Hairdresser Nikita Hand (aka Nikita Ni Laimhin) accused McGregor and his friend James Lawrence of se*ually assaulting her while partying in a penthouse suite at Dublin's Beacon Hotel on Dec. 9, 2018.

In November, a civil court deemed Conor McGregor liable for assault and ordered him to pay Hand approximately $257k in damages. The case reportedly couldn't proceed in a criminal court due to insufficient evidence.

Per UFC CEO and president Dana White, the former two-division UFC champion, who hasn't competed since July 2021, could return in "late 2025." Meanwhile, McGregor has vowed to appeal the court's decision. Reiterating that whatever happened that night was "consensual," he spoke about working toward his UFC comeback. An excerpt from his tweet read:

"Getting back to the gym- the fight game awaits!"