Love says she barely escaped, had her driver held “hostage”

Jun 25, 2015 14:30 GMT  ·  By

Parisian taxi drivers have taken their protests against Uber one step further this morning, burning cars and attacking drivers, in addition to slashing more tires and smashing more windows. Rocker Courtney Love, the widow of Kurt Cobain, and rapper Kanye West were somehow caught in the crossfire.

As you can see from the tweets and Instagram posts included below, Love was attacked on her way to the airport. From what she’s saying, she switched 2 vehicles, both of which were attacked by protesters, and barely managed to escape on a motorcycle.

Courtney Love live-tweets attack

It looks like Love live-tweeted the attack, which saw the first Uber car she was in attacked with eggs, in a first stage. She says the tires were slashed and the driver was held “hostage,” and she tags Kanye West, hinting that he’s also in an Uber car, riding with her to the airport.

Kanye being Kanye won’t tweet about it, because he keeps his account only for promo work and random Kim Kardashian compliments. However, if it’s true that he was with Love and came under attack, we’ll probably find out straight from him, in his next Kanye-rant.

Also from Love’s messages on social media, we understand that she eventually managed to escape and make her way to the airport on a motorcycle, after she got out of the second car and was picked up by a couple of nice dudes.

She admits she’s shaken up and understandably upset, but she’s also angry, asking François Hollande “where are the [expletive]-ing police???  is it legal for your people to attack visitors? Get your [butt] to the airport. Wtf???”

Parisian taxi drivers act out

Saying Uber will be leaving them without a job, taxi drivers from all over the world have been protesting against the service, some in a more peaceful manner than others.

Parisian taxi drivers have used violence before to make their stance known, but this is the first time things have taken such an ugly turn. Reports online note that they tried to seal off the city by setting up barricades of burning cars and burning tires.

The exact extent of damages and injuries are unknown at this point, but French Police are donning riot gear and used tear gas to dispel protesters.  

how on earth are these people allowed to do this? the first car was destroyed, all tires slashed and beat with bats, these guys trying to open the doors and the cops are doing nothing?? French Taliban? civil reform needed in France?? I want to go home A video posted by Courtney Love Cobain (@courtneylove) on Jun 25, 2015 at 5:19am PDT
we got out after being held hostage for an hour thanks to these two guys. I'm scared out of my wits. Mr. François Hollande president or libertine? I can't believe this really just happened. love French people but your government blows #happytobealive #parisuberstrike wtf?? A photo posted by Courtney Love Cobain (@courtneylove) on Jun 25, 2015 at 5:51am PDT