British business magnate Richard Branson has lost his latest job because of orange juice.
The
Virgin Group founder had his legs shaved, put on lipstick and squeezed
into a red skirt to honor a bet by serving as a flight attendant Sunday
on an AirAsia trip from Perth, Australia, to Malaysia.
But
he earned a reprimand from AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes after he
deliberately dumped a tray of orange juice on Fernandes' lap.
Branson
lost a bet to Fernandes in 2010 after they wagered that their Formula
One racing teams would finish ahead of each other. Fernandes' team
landed two spots above Branson's.
Fernandes
gleefully declared after Sunday's nearly six-hour flight on his budget
airline that Branson's skills as an attendant were "rubbish" and that he
was being immediately fired.
A
cheerful Branson, who was tasked with pouring beverages, serving meals
and making flight announcements, posed with Fernandes and popped
champagne after stepping out of the plane at Malaysia's main low-cost
carrier terminal south of Kuala Lumpur.
He
said in brief remarks that he was "glad to have gotten the bet over
with and (was) looking forward to getting back into my clothes."
"I
always wanted to be an air hostess, but it looks like I have to get
back to normality," Branson said. The flight helped raise money for an
Australian foundation for hospitalized children.
Asked how Branson rated as an attendant, Fernandes quipped, "Out of 10, maybe one, for a bit of humor."
"I wanted to kill him actually" for spilling the juice, the Malaysian told reporters.
"He
looked at me, I said, `don't you dare,' and the next thing I know, he
tipped the whole tray on me," Fernandes added. "He and the girls mopped
it up, but I was walking around the flight in my underwear for a while
because I didn't bring another pair of trousers."
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