The former Westlife star - who is engaged to Australian singer-and-actress Delta Goodrem - was reportedly drinking heavily and smoking on the journey and verbally abused flight attendants and fellow passengers on the Virgin plane.

After landing, Brian - who was travelling with his fellow `Australia`s Got Talent` judge Kyle Sandilands - was asked by reporters if he`d been smoking on the plane and answered he "did not smoke" while holding a cigarette in his mouth.

Australian Federal Police confirmed that officers had received a request from Virgin to meet the inbound flight when it landed and revealed they interviewed two men although no charges have been brought against anyone.

However, `Australia`s Got Talent` star Brian has played down the incident, saying: "I had a couple of drinks on the plane, I`m not going to lie about that. But I definitely wasn`t causing a scene or causing any problems for anybody.

"I 100 per cent did not smoke. (I didn`t joke about smoking). If I was gonna smoke on the plane, I would hardly go around telling people I`m gonna. It takes a lot more than a couple of drinks to get me drunk, I`m an Irishman."

He also tweeted: "Wasn`t arrested! Didn`t smoke on the flight. And the Virgin staff were very nice. I did have a few drinks but I was not smashed and abusive.

"If reports were true then I would have been arrested, fined and wosrt! Banned from my favourite airline V Australia. Storm in a tea cup. (sic)"

His friend Kyle added: "He wasn`t drunk, he wasn`t intoxicated. There was no drama at all. If 20 seconds with federal police is being interviewed and detained ..."
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