Mannequin Tess Holliday is talking out a few current flight expertise the place she says she was instructed by a flight attendant to drop a few pounds after he not directly referred to as her “very, very, very large.”
The curvy mannequin recalled the occasion on her TikTok account, and mentioned she was touring along with her 9-year-old son, Bowie, on a United Airways flight when she acquired up to make use of the toilet. Whereas within the rest room, Holliday mentioned her hip unintentionally hit the flight attendant name button.
An attendant knocked on the toilet door, and the 2 started conversing when the mannequin acquired out. Although the dialog began out OK, Holliday instructed her followers that issues took a flip.
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The person started to talk about his personal sister, whom he referred to as a “very, very, very large woman” he estimated was “probably” Holliday’s measurement. He instructed a narrative about his sister operating into points along with her weight whereas flying not too long ago, and mentioned that he “did agree” that she “did need to lose weight because she was very large.”
The flight attendant proceeded to inform the 40-year-old that he noticed she was touring along with her youngster, and that if she “cared” about her youngster, that she would “do something” about her weight.
Throughout the “crazy fatphobic” dialog, Holliday mentioned that he additionally instructed her his German spouse, who “weighed less than 100 pounds,” was so slim as a result of she “doesn’t eat any of the processed crap in America.”
He additionally mentioned that Holliday’s “main issue is in her belly region” and that stomach fats is a “killer.”
“You don’t say things like that to people,” she mentioned. “He said a myriad of other things ― the conversation lasted entirely too long.”
United Airways declined to remark.
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“I didn’t really know what to say,” Holliday mentioned towards the tip of her video. She mentioned that individuals have instructed her “You should have said or done this,” however the mannequin defined she was “was trying to be polite because I’m traveling with my child.”
Holliday has been open about talking about her expertise as a plus-size particular person and mannequin. She not too long ago shared that she doesn’t suppose manufacturers are hiring as many plus-sized fashions anymore as a result of the physique positivity motion isn’t en vogue anymore.
“I think that, collectively, our society has moved to a place where thinness is ‘in’ and body positivity and curvy is no longer popular for a lot of brands,” Holliday mentioned throughout an look on “Good Morning Britain” final week.
“That’s what we’re seeing reflected on runways and magazines and in the media,” she mentioned, including that her “plus-size colleagues around the world — they’re not really working. It’s been really disheartening to see.”
