United Airlines passenger branded ‘smelly fatty’ by man thanks Good Samaritan who ordered body-shamer to swap seats
Savannah Phillips was flying from Oklahoma to Illinois on Tuesday when she was left in tears by the nightmare encounter with a man sitting next to her
A TEARFUL mum branded a “smelly fatty” by a United Airlines passenger has thanked a Good Samaritan who ordered the body-shamer to swap seats.
Savannah Phillips was flying from Oklahoma to Illinois on Tuesday when the horrible encounter with the man sitting next to her happened.
In a Savannah said the passenger, who appeared to be around 60, fat-shamed her in a text message.
She said: “His phone was maybe 12 inches from my face and he proceeded to text someone that he was sitting next to ‘a smelly fatty’.”
The words — which she said were displayed in huge font — reduced her to tears.
Savannah said: “I was shocked and it was like confirmation of the negative things I think about myself on a daily basis.”
It turns out the passenger Savannah calls her “hero” is Chase Irwin, from Nashville, Tennessee.
Chase told News Channel 5 he just had to do something about the situation.
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