Clay Aiken involved in airplane spat

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A newspaper is reporting today that North Carolina native and singer Clay Aiken was involved in an airplane disturbance with another passenger while en route to Tulsa International Airport.

The dispute on a Continental Airlines flight took place between Aiken, who was traveling Saturday morning to a performance in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a woman.

The Tulsa World reports that concertgoers say the former "American Idol" singer joked on-stage about being beaten up by a girl earlier in the day.

FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson said there was a dispute between a male passenger and a woman on the flight but could not confirm the passenger was Aiken. He said the dispute was over the male passenger's foot resting on the woman's armrest.

Aiken's publicist and manager didn't return calls today.