--- description: Kristin Chenoweth admitted to buying her dad a plane for Christmas, but she doesn't share his affinity for flying-- and it's his fault. title: Why Kristen Chenoweth is So Afraid of Flying image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd41088a73e8bc39d/69877994524fc0bd8bdebdef/461461646.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kristin Chenoweth Says Her Dad Made Her Afraid Of Flying by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2015 2:06 PM CUT  LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 148 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Kristin Chenoweth during an interview with host Seth Meyers on January 12, 2015 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 148 -- Pictured: (l-r) Actress Kristin Chenoweth during an interview with host Seth Meyers on January 12, 2015 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 13, 2015 2:06 PM CUT Kristin Chenoweth admitted to buying her dad a plane for Christmas, but she doesn’t share his affinity for flying– and it’s his fault. When Chenoweth’s father took her flying once in a Cessna she bought him as a gift, he pulled a prank that made her less than comfortable in the air. The actress, promoting her return to Broadway next month in musical _On the Twentieth Century_, related the trick to Seth Meyers last night on NBC’s _Late Night With Seth Meyers._ Watch above to find out more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3665230/kristin-chenoweth-fear-of-flying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3665230/kristin-chenoweth-fear-of-flying/"},"headline":"Kristin Chenoweth Says Her Dad Made Her Afraid Of Flying","datePublished":"2015-01-13T14:06:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:31:22.058Z","description":"She bought her dad a plane for Christmas","url":"https://time.com/3665230/kristin-chenoweth-fear-of-flying/","keywords":["Television","Late Night","Late Night Highlight","Flying","Fatherhood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd41088a73e8bc39d/69877994524fc0bd8bdebdef/461461646.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd41088a73e8bc39d/69877994524fc0bd8bdebdef/461461646.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 2","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 2","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3665230/kristin-chenoweth-fear-of-flying/","name":"Kristin Chenoweth Says Her Dad Made Her Afraid Of Flying"}}]}] ```