Deni Todorovic clashes with airport staff en route to Australian Fashion Week

Social media influencer Deni Todorovic has detailed a heated run-in with airport staff which saw them miss out on day one of Australian Fashion Week.

Deni Todorovic speaks with police at Melbourne on Monday, left, and at Fashion Week in Sydney on Tuesday, right, after posting about the incident at the airport, inset. Pictures: Supplied/News Corp

Controversial social media influencer Deni Todorovic has had a dramatic run-in with airport staff and the federal police before flying to Sydney and making an entrance at Australian Fashion Week.

Australian Federal Police were called to Melbourne domestic airport on Monday and spoke with the non-binary fashion content creator for almost an hour, after an apparent incident with Jetstar staff, which the airline denies.

The 34-year-old, who uses multiple pronouns including he/him, was photographed sitting on the ground outside the terminal, wearing a dress he said channelled “iconic” Carrie Bradshaw in Sex In The City.

Todorovic claims he was booked on a Jetstar flight to Sydney, but after checking one of two bags through to the aircraft, he became involved in a heated exchange with airport staff when the second bag was overweight.

“I started yelling, yelling, yelling, yelling,” Todorovic explained after finally touching down in Sydney on Tuesday and attending the Erik Yvon show at Fashion Week.

Activist and social media influencer Deni Todorovic at Australian Fashion Week after an incident at Melbourne Airport delayed their arrival. Picture: David Swift

“Two men then approached us from the airport. All it was over was an extra 10.5kgs, which I think is like $100. We had this big argument over $100. I almost got arrested over $100 f***ing dollars.”

A Jetstar representative said: “We categorically deny these allegations. Our airport staff did everything they could to support the customer. When the customer decided not to fly, we supported that request.”

Todorovic at Melbourne airport. Picture: Supplied

Vision of the clash was captured by an eyewitness. Picture: Supplied

Photographs of the incident sent to The Daily Telegraph show Todorovic with his mother, along with four police officers. He appeared upset and rested his head on his mother’s arm. No charges were laid.

Todorovic said he had been subjected to “homophobic and racist” behaviour and subsequently wrote with black marker pen, ‘Jetstar, suck my d***’, across the top of both thighs.

“They tried to arrest me because once I was finally getting some equilibrium,” Todorovic said.

Todorovic was able to reach Sydney on Tuesday, a day later than planned. Picture: David Swift

“I was sitting on a suitcase and then I said to mum, I should probably put some pants on because I will get more respect. They told me, ‘you have to leave, you are being violent’.”

Todorovic added: “I hate Australia. Money means nothing to me, it comes in, it comes out. So many people got in my way, I couldn’t get the flight.”

“It was going on for 40 minutes right at the entrance to the terminal,” a bystander at the airport noted. “A bit of a spectacle.”

When contacted, the AFP confirmed that the passenger had been spoken to but there was no further action required and would not detail why they engaged the person.

Friends, family and fans have expressed concern for Todorovic’s mental health over recent weeks.

He claimed to have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and has undergone treatment at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Todorovic has come under fire in recent weeks for rallying his 80,000 followers on social media against brands he used to work with, naming and shaming companies like Bonds Australia, which allegedly paid Todorovic $60,000 for a partnership.

The tirades have been directed at brands which ended commercial partnerships with him following Todorovic’s admission to using cocaine and other illegal party drugs.

The 34 year old boarded a flight to Sydney on Tuesday without incident, posting to a secondary social media account that they “won’t be ‘speaking’” while at Fashion Week, adding that “this week shouldn’t be about me”.