Henshaw, who co-hosts Keep It Cleaner’s KICpod podcast with Steph Claire Smith, confessed to her listeners and her Instagram followers that she was stopped at a securitycheck point while travelling because airport officials thought she had a “mouse” in her bag.
“One of the most embarrassing moments of my life,” she shared on the episode.
She arrived to collect her bags only to realise that security were surrounding her luggage.
“There’s three security people standing around my bag,” she says.
“I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m going to be arrested’.”
The podcast host believed she was going to end up on an episode of Border Security when she was taken in for questioning about the contents of her bag, specifically whether she had packed a computer mouse.
As they began looking through her stuff, security finally landed on what the object was.
Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith of KICpod. Photo / Supplied
“Opens the bag, he has got no gloves on and out he pulls my vibrator,” she exclaimed.
“I literally lost my s***, he’s just holding it.
“I haven’t washed that in a long time!”
But since travellers are usually allowed to bring their sex toys on to aeroplanes, Henshaw was released and went on her merry way.
“Even if your vibrator does get pulled up at a Customs inspection, remember that a sex toy is a very normal, even healthy thing to bring travelling with you,” she noted.
But she added that since different countries have different laws around sex toys, it’s important to do your research for both the airport you depart from and arrive at. It’s also worth opting for a smaller item and packing it in your checked luggage to avoid a stressful security screening.
