B727-200 PURSER FLT ATTENDANT WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH A DRUNK PAX ON AN INTL FLT.

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PAX AND TRAVEL COMPANION VERY LOUD DURING BOARDING AT GATE; WITNESSED BY FLT ATTENDANT #4. DURING MY PA/SAFETY DEMO; I HAD TO STOP BECAUSE OF MR X BEING VERY VERBAL/LOUD DURING TAXI. FLT ATTENDANT #3 ASKED HIM TO BE QUIET. OTHER PAX COULD NOT HEAR THE DEMO. FLT ATTENDANT #3 TOLD ME THAT PAX APPEARED INTOXICATED. I AGREED. I TOLD FLT ATTENDANT #3 TO NOT SERVE BOTH PAX ANY ALCOHOL. PAX BECAME VERY IRATE. CHALLENGED MY DECISION AT LENGTH. I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS STAYING ON BOARD TO CUN BECAUSE OF MY DECISION AND THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE MATTER. HE DEMANDED THAT I WAS. I CORRECTED HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT I RPT ONLY TO THE CAPT AND ACR X. I ENTERED THE COCKPIT DURING TAXI OUT FROM DFW AND ADVISED THE CAPT OF THE SIT. THE CAPT STOPPED THE ACFT TAXI AND ASKED IF I WANTED THE PAX REMOVED. I SAID NO; AND THAT THE SIT WAS HANDLED. INFLT; THE PAX CORNERED ME IN THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY AND WAS IRATE. TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS INTERFERING WITH MY DUTIES AND TO SIT DOWN AND SAY NOTHING. HE LATER APOLOGIZED.