A model has hit back at trolls who told her to “buy two seats” after she called for planes to offer passengers more space in their seating.
Taking to Instagram, Gracie Bon opened up about the struggles she faces as a plus-size passenger.
In the clip that divided her followers, the 26-year-old could be seen standing on a travelator as she headed to her boarding gate, before showing herself squeezing into the wide seat and using a seatbelt extender to strap herself in.
“Airplanes should have bigger seats. So today I had a flight and even if I was flying in first class I couldn’t fit on the airplane seat. So this is a petition for all the airlines so big girls like me fly,” she said.
An influencer has hit back at those who suggested she should buy two plane seats to fit her butt on. Credit: Inti St Clair/Getty
“It’s not my fault to have an a** this big. Please just make them bigger,” she added.
In response, hundreds of followers commented that it was her own “fault”, with one person commenting: “It is your fault, buy 2 seats and keep it moving.”
Have a look at the video below:
However, Bon has now hit back at those people in a follow-up video where she stated that “buying two airplane seats don’t fix my problem.”
“Airplanes are too small for big people,” she continued. “It’s 2024, bodies are changing so planes should too.”
She then stated that she wouldn’t “lose” her butt just to fit on a plane so people should “give me another solution or make planes bigger.”
Again, people couldn’t help but slam the influencer for thinking this way.
“Buy your own plane,” one user suggested while another harshly added that she should sit with the aircraft’s “cargo.”
And this user commented writing: “You did this yourself. You can’t expect everyone to acclimate to you, when you want to be different.”
However, others did agree with Bon stating that planes barely have enough room for regular butt-sized passengers.
“This is true,” commented one Instagrammer under the video and this user also agreed stating: “My butt not even as big as hers and I be needing half of the other seat… my hips be on top of the other person next to me…. Seats are just small.”
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