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“I love cream cakes, they’re my favourite.”
That was Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s reaction after he was hit in the face with two cream pies while preparing to deliver a petition to the European Commission president in Brussels.
O’Leary was holding a one-man protest outside the European Commission against repeated air traffic controllers’ strikes in the EU and the impact it is having on Ryanair when he was pied.
One protestor said “Welcome to Belgium” as she smeared the pie in O’Leary’s face, while a second said “stop the pollution” as she planted a pie on the airline executive.
O’Leary responded by saying “well done” and attempting to wipe the cream off his face with a handkerchief as he spoke about his petition, before tasting some of the pie still on his face and saying: “This is a delicious cake.”
Ryanair’s account on X – formerly known as Twitter – also made light of the incident.
Instead of buying cream pies, could have bought a flight from Belgium for the same price 😏 pic.twitter.com/8jruYI3ZxE
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) September 7, 2023
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