TV cook Nigella Lawson 'stopped from flying to US'

TV cook Nigella Lawson was stopped from flying to the United States on Sunday after admitting she took cocaine, the Daily Mail reports. The US embassy has said she should be able to get a visa to enter the country "routinely and expeditiously".

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Nigella Lawson 'invited to apply for US visa'

Nigella Lawson should be able to get a visa to enter the United States "routinely and expeditiously", the US embassy has said.

The TV chef was stopped from boarding a plane from London Heathrow to Los Angeles on Sunday.

A spokesman for the US embassy said:

There are several ways of legally travelling into the United States and Ms Lawson has been invited to come to the Embassy and apply for a visa for travel to the US.

We understand she has professional requirements for US travel and these matters are generally handled routinely and expeditiously, so stand by.

TV cook Nigella Lawson 'stopped from flying to US'

Television cook Nigella Lawson has been stopped from flying to the United States after admitting she took cocaine, the Daily Mail reports.

Television cook Nigella Lawson. Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Ms Lawson was apparently barred from boarding a flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles at the weekend.

During the trial of her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi's personal assistants, the 54-year-old admitted to taking the class A drug.

An eyewitness told the newspaper Ms Lawson attempted to board a British Airways flight but was turned away.

The onlooker said: "She didn't seem to say much but she did not look happy. She could not get on the flight so she had to turn around and leave."

A spokesman for the television cook refused to comment on the report.

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