Actor Chris O’Dowd sent a sarcastic tweet about Gatwick Airport after his three-month-old child was frisked while passing through security.
The 35-year old Bridesmaids star also said his son’s bottle had been confiscated.
In a tweet to his 630,000 followers, he wrote: "Thanks Gatwick security! Some might think body-searching a baby and binning his bottle was over zealous and weird, but not me!’, ending ‘#ScaryBaby’."
A spokesman for Gatwick Airport said: "All passengers are subject to the normal security screening processes at the airport. When young babies come through security we ask parents to carry them. If the scanning equipment picks up something, we have to check both the parent and the baby. We always try to handle these searches sensitively.
"The restrictions around liquids are government requirements, and passengers are advised that when travelling with a baby, they are allowed to take enough baby food, baby milk and sterilised water for the journey. In some cases this will be over 100ml."
Twitter followers showed their support with one writing: "At least they didn’t make you drink his formula to prove it wasn’t explosive. Heathrow did that to me."
Earlier this month actress Alyssa Milano blasted Heathrow Airport on Twitter after bottles of her breast milk were confiscated by security.
The 42-year-old actress landed in London when she was told she would not be permitted to leave the airport with the 10 ounces of milk she had just pumped on board her flight, reports the Daily Mail.
