Tess Holliday says she was fat-shamed on flight, left in shock
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Plus-size model Tess Holliday said this week that she was recently fat-shamed by a flight attendant, which sent her into a “state of shock.”
The 40-year-old actor said he was flying first class on United from Tampa, Florida, with his 9-year-old son when he got up to use the plane’s restroom.
“I was in the restroom and my hip hit the flight attendant call button,” she said. people magazine. “When I came out of the bathroom, the flight attendant started telling me that they noticed I was traveling with my child and that it would be in my best interest to lose weight.”
She said he kept telling her about his sister, who she said was “very, very big, probably.” [Holliday’s] person who was discriminated against on a recent flight.
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Tess Holliday said this week that she was recently embarrassed by a flight attendant, which sent her into a “state of shock.” (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
“She said her sister also needed to lose weight and the long-term impact it has on our bodies is not good for our health,” she said. “This lasted about 10 minutes and I think I froze. I didn’t want to make a scene because my son was flying with me, but I was also in a state of shock.”
Holliday said: TikTok video He said this was also an important flight for his son because it was the first time he had flown first class since he was little.
“He had flown when he was a baby but he didn’t remember it, so it was a really exciting experience for him,” he explained.
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The model was recently on a first class flight with her son. (Variety via Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
In the video, the flight attendant said someone complained to United about her sister’s weight, and United reached out to her and said things about her sister that “made her uncomfortable,” but she also “agreed that she needed to lose weight.”
The Cosmopolitan UK cover girl said the flight attendant told her she saw her traveling with her child and “if I cared for my child, I would do something, I would lose weight.”
“He then told me that I was kidding myself if I didn’t think I needed to lose weight because of my height,” she said.
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Holliday said she knows people listening to her story might think she’s just trying to be helpful, but she emphasized, “That’s not the point.” (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Betsey Johnson)
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Holliday said she knows people who hear her story might think she’s just trying to help.
“That’s not the point,” he emphasized. “You don’t say things like that to people. He said a lot of other things. The conversation went on for too long. Luckily I was exempt from the conversation when another passenger approached me to use the toilet.”
She added that at the end of the video, the same flight attendant came to her seat and offered snacks and allegedly gave her son gum to prevent him from being “tempted.”
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In his comment after the video, Holliday said, “They said he spoke to United and they would share this with the team member and talk about it. I told them I don’t want anyone to lose their job. I just want them to be aware and maybe give them some sensitivity training so it doesn’t happen again.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Holliday’s representative for comment. United had no comment for Fox News Digital.
