Courtney Love found herself in the middle of anti-Uber protests in Paris Thursday, where her car was allegedly attacked by demonstrators.
Love, the former Hole front woman and wife of the late Kurt Cobain, tweeted the whole ordeal as it was happening, The Telegraph reported.
French taxi drivers, angered by the recent launch of UberPop (the more affordable version of the ride-sharing app Uber), took to the streets in Paris to stage protests. Protesters blocked the roads that lead to the city's train stations and two major airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly, according to Business Insider. Love was en route to one of the airports when her car was ambushed by rowdy protesters.
"Dude @kanyewest we may turn back to the airport and hide out with [sic] u," Love tweeted to rapper Kanye West. "Picketers just attacked our car #ParisUberStrike."
Love, a long-time member of the Twitterati, continued to live-tweet her situation to her 1.95 million followers and even addressed French President François Hollande in one of them, urging him to get to the scene of the protests. See her account of the attack in the succession of tweets and Instagram posts, posted below.
they've ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. they're beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I'm safer in Baghdad — Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
François Hollande where are the fucking police??? is it legal for your people to attack visitors? Get your ass to the airport. Wtf???
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
paid some guys on motorcycles to sneak us out, got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks, passed two police and they did nothing — Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
how on earth are these people allowed to do this? the first car was destroyed, all tires slashed… https://t.co/lWuFRMG6I5
— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015
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
A photo posted by Courtney Love Cobain (@courtneylove) on Jun 25, 2015 at 5:51am PDT
Love recently wrapped up a U.S. tour with singer Lana Del Rey, according to British music magazine NME. Her recent single, "Miss Narcisist," is available digitally and set for a physical release this summer.
