Why Was Sha’Carri Richardson Kicked-Off From the American Airlines Plane?

Altercations between flight attendants and celebrities are not uncommon. While usually, they make the headlines, sometimes it leads to the celebrity being asked to disembark the plane. Unfortunately for Sha’Carri Richardson, it was the latter one.

Richardson was asked to leave an American Airlines flight after she had a heated argument with a male flight attendant. According to her Instagram, the reason for this ejection was that she was using her phone and recording herself on the flight.

Sha’Carri Richardson Ejected From a Flight

Richardson claims that the flight attendant threatened her, and a fan who who wanted a picture with her. Richardson was asked to end a phone call she was attending, to which she promptly did. However, she pointed out to the flight attendant that she “didn’t like the tone he used.”

In the video posted on Instagram, she said to the flight attendant, “I’m recording me but you jumped in my video, so I caught you, because you jumped in my video. You’re harassing me at this point, so I think you should stop. I think you should stop.”

In another video on Instagram, Richardson is seen talking to the flight attendant asking her to leave the flight. Richardson enquired if any action was being taken against the flight attendant who was being rude to her, or if he was being asked to leave as well. She also got into a dialogue with a passenger who was going to miss a connecting flight.

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Richardson is heard saying to the man, “Oh, so you’re worried about a connection when a grown man is disrespecting me?” To which the man replied, “I don’t give a s**t.” Richardson is not the only celebrity who was booted off an American Airlines flight.

Odell Beckham Jr. Also Got the Same Treatment

Recently, Odell Bechkam Jr. was removed from an American Airlines flight for citing ill health. While Beckham also got into a confrontation with the passengers and the attendants, his plan of action was to just let the situation go, which was reflected in his tweet as well.

Richardson, unhappy with the situation, is contemplating legal action against the airlines and the concerned personnel. This is not the first time she has faced pushback, and therefore has no intentions of letting it slide. In her Instagram post, she wrote, “Tell me if I’ll be wrong to pursue legal actions against the airline.”. Do you think Richardson is justified?

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