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Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden is having the last laugh over a British Airways employee who made him cover up his tattoos before boarding a flight.

The Airways manager is being reprimanded for refusing to allow Nicole Richie’s main squeeze on a flight from London Saturday due to his inked-up arms, TMZ.com reports.

“We don’t understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don’t exist,” a rep for the airline said.

Madden, 30, repeatedly Twittered about the incident, telling fans, “I was embarrassed all the people were staring and laughing!” He later added, “My tats aren’t offensive. …I haven’t felt this small since the first time I asked Nic out.”

Richie, who also has a bevvy of tattoos, got in the fight, writing on Twitter, “All of [Madden's] tattoos are spiritual. Since when is expressing your love for God & family against what British Airways stands for?”

Madden threatened to write a letter, but later laughed off the incident.

“It really isn’t my style to cause a scene, so ultimately it would be up to me to complain, and I’m not going to file one,” he wrote on Good Charlotte’s Web site on Monday.

“At the end of the day it’s as simple as not using the airline.”

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Proud papa Joel Madden is thrilled to hear that pals Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz have welcomed a new son, Bronx Mowgli. He’s sure they can handle it.

“They are going to be great parents,” Madden told PEOPLE Saturday while celebrating Good Charlotte’s upcoming remix album at Hollywood’s ECCO Ultra Lounge. “They both have really big hearts. I wish them the best. I know they have their hands full right now but I’m excited for them.”

And Madden can recognize good parenting. He and Nicole Richie have adopted a very hands-on approach when dealing with daughter Harlow. Richie even makes homemade baby food for their 10-month-old daughter.

“Her first food was sweet potatoes and she loved it,” Richie recently told PEOPLE. “She ate the whole thing and it was all over the place – in her hair, on her nose, everywhere!”

The key to being loving parents, Madden says, is the backing of a supportive partner. “She’s supportive,” Madden said of Richie, who watched him give interviews from the event’s VIP lounge.

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