Actress kicked off Southwest flight for ‘defending a sl*t-shamed woman’

An actress has unleashed on an airline, after she defended a young woman whose outfit cabin crew deemed “inappropriate”.

A US actress claims she was thrown off a recent flight for defending another woman who the actress said was being “sl*t-shamed” over her outfit choice.

Melinna Bobadilla, a Mexican-American actress, alleged she was removed from a recent Southwest Airlines flight out of Sacramento after defending a young woman of colour, named Jacy.

Best known for her recurring role on Netflix’sGentefied, the actress shared her story in a now-viral Twitter thread, tagging the airline, which she claimed “disrespected two women of colour, endangered one by needlessly calling the cops, and went out of their way to protect a conservative white man”.

“Just got pulled off a @SouthwestAir flight because I advocated for a young woman being shamed and harassed by an employee for wearing a tank top that was deemed too revealing,” she began. “[The] employee became defensive when I asked about what rules the young woman was breaking.”

The woman who Bobadilla was defending was wearing a pink corset which the crew member had deemed inappropriate for air travel.

An actress claims this woman, Jacy, was ‘sl*t-shamed’ for her outfit.

The top the woman had on which caused the chaos was a pink corset.

The employee allegedly responded that the accused passenger’s corset wasn’t appropriate, noting that the airline “is a family company” and that “some people” found the outfit offensive.

Bobadilla informed the Southwest associate that she, rather, felt threatened and offended by the man sitting directly behind her wearing a “Let’s Go Brandon” shirt, which in the US is a veiled insult to President Joe Biden, but the employee “did not care” or believe the policy extended to such slogans.

Though the timeline of the events are unclear, according to the actress, the police were soon called to escort her from the plane, as well as force the unnamed young woman to cover up with a Southwest-branded top.

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“Basically @SouthwestAir sl*t-shamed a young woman of colour for wearing a tank top they deemed offensive, forced her to wear a company issued sweater, removed me for questioning their misogynistic policy, exercised a double standard when enforcing an alleged offensive attire rule,” Bobadilla tweeted on Monday.

The airline has since responded to the viral Twitter thread.

“We regret that this experience has left you feeling this way. Feel free to follow-up with us in a DM if you’d like to further discuss,” they wrote.

Bobadilla’s agent and Southwest Airlines did not respond the The Post’s request for comment.

While some suggested that Bobadilla should have minded her own business, others were on her side.

“Makes [me] wanna cancel my flight with them in August but I really can’t ….so instead I’ll make sure to wear a sports bra as a shirt instead,” one person tweeted.

Melinna Bobadilla defended the woman’s outfit on the plane.

The actress believed the woman was ‘sl*t-shamed’.

“This is shameful! I will never fly SouthwestAir again. Unbelievable that you think you can treat women this way,” another said.

“Explain this in a way that makes sense @SouthwestAir oh, and doesn’t stink of racism and misogyny as well,” a third wrote.

“This is despicable,” someone else said.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been republished with permission