The model plus size, influencer and American entrepreneur Tess Holliday revealed that he lived a bad experience during a flight in your country. According to her story, a flight attendant told her that she had to «lose weight«, among other inappropriate comments.
The alleged event occurred on October 18 on a plane traveling from the city of Tampa (Florida) until Los Angeles (California), according to a video shared by Holliday on his TikTok account.
The plus-size model said that, on that trip, she had a bad time with a cabin crew member after going to the bathroom.
“We were watching the movie Lilo & Stitch with my son (NdR: he is 9 years old) when I got up to go to the bathroom«explained the American, from 40 yearsthrough a post on October 20.
While in the bathroom, the woman pressed by accident the flight attendant call button with his hip.
«Immediately, a steward knocked on the bathroom door and He asked me if everything was ok. I answered yes,» said the influencer.
Soon, according to his words, he left the bathroom and started talking to the cabin crew who had approached the place.
In addition to being a model and influencer, she is an entrepreneur. Photo: Facebook «TessHollidayOfficial».«I came out of the bathroom and the flight attendant told me: ‘These bathrooms are very small.’ I would have liked the conversation it will end at that momentbut it wasn’t like that,» he recalled.
What the flight attendant said
According to Holliday, during the talk, the flight attendant mentioned that I had a sister “very very big” (in reference to the size of his body) and that this had suffered an episode of discrimination on another journey through his physique.
«He explained to me that ‘probably‘his sister He was the same size as me (…) Then he told me that he believed that his sister I had to lose weight«said the model.
Then, according to the influencerthe steward He suggested she also lose weight.an inappropriate comment.
A 2016 image of the American model. «He told me that he saw that I was traveling with my son and that if I I cared about my son, I had to do something to lose weight«Holliday expressed on TikTok.
«He later stated that, given my size, I’m kidding myself if I think I shouldn’t lose weight. Then he said that my biggest problem It was in the abdomen area because it’s the ‘death zone’‘. According to him, ‘all the fat and inflammation surrounds the organs, which makes resuscitation (in emergencies) very difficult,'» he said.
Regarding what allegedly happened, the model clarified that at that moment «he didn’t know what to answer» and preferred not to confront the cabin crew for his statements. «At the time, I tried to be friendly because I was traveling with my son,» he admitted.
On the other hand, in a interview with the American magazine People On October 28, Holliday provided more details about the incident on the plane.
«I didn’t want to make a fuss»
«He (the flight attendant) told me that his sister also needed to lose weight and that the long-term effect on our body it is not good for health. This conversation lasted about ten minutes and I think I paralyzed. «I didn’t want to make a scandal because my son was traveling with me (…),» he told the media.
«At the time, I tried to be nice because I was traveling with my son,» he said. Photo: Facebook «TessHollidayOfficial».On the other hand, Holliday assured that the airline he apologized for the situation. «I spoke to United Airlines and asked them not to fire the employee, but to give him a sensitivity course (refers to awareness about diversity, inclusion, respect and appropriate behavior towards others)», clarifiedaccording to the American news portal The Daily Dot.
Following her video, the woman received thousands of comments from users, most of which he sympathized with her and sent him positive messages.
