The rumours of British actor and Hollywood star Ralph Fiennes and a Qunatas flight attendant first and were almost immediately met with rebutile and a Qantas Airline issued statement from Ms Robertson vigorously denying the allegation. With what initally emerged as wild rumors that Fiennes joined the mile-high club in the toilet on flight QF123 from Darwin to Bombay, not too long after became very much confirmed to be more than a tale of passions gone wild in the sky.
The Qantas flight attendant at the heart of the mile-high sex scandal has not only broke her silence on the high in the sky escapes she has gone onto reveal how she fell for Hollywood star Ralph Fiennes. “Ralph is gorgeous and the chemistry between us was amazing,” Lisa Robertson said. “What woman wouldn’t want to make love with him?”
More than her confessions of the mile high romp has out to public light. It has been revealed the English actor had unsafe sex with the 38-year-old Australian hostie on the flight before an evening of love-making at his lavish hotel in India. Ms Robertson, a former high-flying police officer, confirmed the story for Britain’s Mail on Sunday saying that the rummours were all true. “We did make love on the plane that night,” she said. “At first I denied it because I was so desperate to keep my job and I didn’t want to hurt Ralph.
“I know some people will think it’s disgusting. And I’m not proud of what I did — it was inappropriate behaviour. But I don’t regret it. “This sort of attraction happens to people all the time. It’s just not usually with a Hollywood star at 35,000 feet.” Ms Robertson, a tall, trim figure, apparently battles with depression for which she takes medication for since she left a streeful front-line job as a detective with an elite New South Wales police drugs squad.
She was said to have recognised the 44-year-old star of films such as The English Patient ans Maid in Manhattan from the moment she approached him to offer him a drink. And was instantly star-struck. “Oh my God, it’s you,” she gushed. “I am such a fan of your films. I love your work. I’ve seen The English Patient 20 times.” After regaining som form of composure and made apologises to the actor who looked at her rather amused. “I’m so sorry. This is so unprofessional of me, ‘ she said trying to assure him.
“He leaned forward, gazed deep into my eyes and stroked my arm as if to reassure me,” she said. “He whispered, ‘It’s OK. Anyway, I think you’re gorgeous’. “I felt overwhelmed. I felt like you do when you’re a teenager. “My heart was pumping with excitement. We kept looking at each other and giggling.
“He was just so gorgeous. I noticed he had lovely soft skin, beautiful hands and wonderful eyes. “Every time I looked up I saw that he was watching me. We were seriously flirting across the cabin, which is not like me.
I’ve served a lot of famous people, including Shane Warne and Ian Thorpe, and I’m not usually like that at work.” Ms Robertson, who is divorced, managed to carry on with her duties which included serving the evening meal before the cabin lights dimmed.
As she was preparing to go on her break, Fiennes made an unexpected suggestion.
“When I told him I was going for a break, he said, ‘I might come and visit you for a chat, if that’s OK’. “I was a bit surprised, but also thrilled. I said sure.”
Ms Robertson said she found Fiennes irresistible. “He held my hands. Then he started kissing me. The kissing was very passionate and his hands were all over me. I just melted. “He was caressing my neck, holding my head and he started undoing the buttons on my dress. “Eventually, I couldn’t bear it any longer. I just grabbed his hand and said, ‘Come in here a minute’. By this time, we had half our clothes off and I didn’t care about anything. I led him into the cabin lavatory next to where we had been sitting and locked the door.
“Ralph was a great lover. And I thought, if I was going to get the sack, it would be worth it. I knew it was against the rules and wrong but I didn’t care. “I was a bit shocked that he didn’t wear a condom. Looking back, I think of it as dangerous behaviour and hypocritical given that he was going to India to talk about AIDS.
“A male member of staff saw Ralph come out of the toilet and he saw me lock the door after Ralph. “I knew I was in big trouble. I was ordered to spend the rest of the flight working in economy and I was the talk of the other cabin crew.”
Ms Robertson still finds their encounter bizarre almost a month after the incident happened on January 24, She claims her behaviour was out of character but: “I just had no control over myself. I wanted him so much. I couldn’t resist him.” She apparently she never expected a romance with Fiennes, but didn’t hesitate in saying yes when he asked her if he could meet her at his Bombay hotel. She had been at her hotel for only about 30 minutes when Fiennes called her to arrange their next rondevoo.
He was on his way to his hotel, the Intercontinental, and she agreed to join him there. Fiennes was checked in, under his own name, to room 663, a lavish corner suite on the sixth floor. Ralph opened the door with just a white towel around his waist. He dropped the towel and was wandering around naked.” He then dressed dinner with her in the hotel restaurant and took her back to his room. They as confirmed by Ms Robertson had sex twice more that evening, but in the morning Fiennes told her: “I’m going to have to kick you out now”. “Just before I got out of bed, he said in a sincere, gentle voice, ‘Lisa, I really like you’.” she said.
“He said, ‘See you on the next Qantas flight,’ to which I said, ‘You will never fly Qantas again.’ And he said, ‘Oh yes I will’.” Ms Robertson met her flight crew for drinks and confided in one friend, a pilot, what had happened. It was not long after that their private encounter was knowledge of many. According to Ms Robertson, some of the crew were envious, saying, “I wish it had been m.” Fearing her supervisior had reported her, on January 26 she flew back to Sydney, where she was told by her management company, airline services contractor Morris Alexander Management, that she had been suspended without pay pending a disciplinary hearing.
She was advised by her lawyer to make contact with Fiennes. After leaving an urgent message at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, he phoned her within a few hours. She explained to him the trouble she found herslef in to which he said, ‘We don’t know each other very well. I’m very sorry, I can’t get involved. I can’t help you’.
She said, “I felt humiliated. It was like talking to a different person. He made me feel like a low-life, like I was asking him for money or something. “Then he said, ‘Let’s have no further phone contact. I’ll call you in a month’s time, just to show you I’m a human being.’ I was stunned.”
In spite of his standoffish respnse to her, she insists that, given the chance, she would have sex with Fiennes in the toilet again. “It must sound crazy,’ she said, “but I wouldn’t miss that experience for anything.” And, insists she does not feel used. “We were both fantastically attracted to each other. I am sure he cared about me.”
