The flight attendant whose viral video, twerking within the empty aisle of the plane, received her in main bother is now talking out. Her declare is that she was discriminated in opposition to for her “city” dance strikes.
Nelle Diala was booted from her gig at Alaska Airways after she posted a TikTok video of her dancing on the airplane whereas in uniform again in December of 2024. She captioned it, “Ghetto bih until I D-I-E. Don’t let the uniform idiot you.” Just lately, she defined intimately how her termination happened. First, she tells Inside Version she was by no means requested by the airline firm to take away the video however as an alternative, she selected her personal to take it down as soon as it started circulating.
Diala stated she was then pulled into a gathering along with her managers to speak concerning the video which they claimed violated their social media coverage. Two weeks later, she stated she was terminated.
“I used to be actually pleased with myself that I got here to date. I simply didn’t assume that my video and my put up and the way in which I used to be dancing can be deemed as inappropriate,” she stated in a teary-eyed interview with Inside Version.
She then reposted the video after the firing with a brand new caption: “What’s incorrect with just a little twerk earlier than work? Individuals act like they by no means did that earlier than.”
Now, she could also be contemplating taking authorized motion in opposition to the airline firm claiming wrongful termination resulting from discrimination, per PYOK. Diala claims she was solely fired as a result of her dance strikes had been “geared in the direction of the city group.” She additionally alleged her coworkers posted movies of them dancing in uniform on the aircrafts however claimed they escaped punishment due to their “eurocentric” descent.
Diala’s GoFundMe raised a bit over $3,000 in donations. It’s too early to find out if that discrimination declare will stick however people on social media are at odds as to whether or not they agree along with her. Some customers say she was foolish to imagine her video wouldn’t get her in bother. Others say the video was not offensive sufficient to render termination.
“she was wrongfully fired idgaf. additionally everybody saying shit concerning the outfit the airline (males) made her put on – take it up with alaska airways. fear concerning the excessive charges of infidelity amongst captains. fear about planes falling out of the sky. fear about something however a lil dance,” wrote one X person.