Plus size model Tess Holliday claims United…
Plus-size model Tess Holliday said this week that she was lately told to lose weight by a flight attendant, and it left her in a “state of shock.”
The 40-year-old said she was flying first class on United from Tampa, Florida, with her 9-year-old son when she acquired up to use the airplane lavatory.
“I was in the restroom, and my hip hit the flight attendant call button,” she told People magazine. “When I came out of the bathroom, the flight attendant then started to tell me that they noticed I was traveling with my child, and that losing weight would be in my best interest.”
She said he continued to inform her about his sister whom he said was “very, very large, probably [Holliday’s] size,” who had been discriminated against on a flight lately.
“He said that his sister needed to lose weight as well, and that the long-term effect on our bodies isn’t good for our health,” she said. “This went on for about 10 minutes, and I think I was just frozen. I didn’t want to make a scene because my son was flying with me, but I was also in a state of shock.”
Holliday said in a TikTok video that it was also an important flight for her son because it was his first time flying first class since he was little.
“He had flown when he was a baby, but didn’t remember, so this was a really exciting experience for him,” she explained.
Plus-size model Tess Holliday said this week that she was lately told to lose weight by a flight attendant, and it left her in a “state of shock.” Tess Holliday/Instagram
Holliday said in a TikTok video that it was also an important flight for her son because it was his first time flying first class since he was little. Tess Holliday/TikTok
She said in the video that the flight attendant talked about that somebody had filed a criticism to United against his sister for her weight, and that United reached out to him and said issues about his sister that “made him uncomfortable,” but he did “agree that she did need to lose weight.”
The Cosmopolitan UK cowl lady said the flight attendant allegedly told her that he noticed she was touring with her baby “and that if I cared about my child that I would do something, that I would lose the weight.”
“He then goes on to tell me that because of my size, I am kidding myself if I think that I don’t need to lose weight,” she claimed.
The Cosmopolitan UK cowl lady said the flight attendant allegedly told her that he noticed she was touring with her baby “and that if I cared about my child that I would do something, that I would lose the weight.” Tess Holliday/Instagram
A United Airlines flight at Tampa International Airport. Christopher Sadowski
Tess Holliday seen on the streets of New York City on Sept. 2, 2025. GC Images
Holliday said she is aware of that people listening to her story would possibly assume he was just making an attempt to be helpful.
“That’s not the point,” she burdened. “You don’t say things like that to people. He said a myriad of other things. The conversation lasted entirely too long. Thankfully, I excused myself from the conversation when another passenger came up to use the bathroom.”
At the end of the video, she added that the same flight attendant got here around to her seat offering snacks and allegedly gave her son gummies to keep him from being “tempted.”
In a remark after the video, Holliday said that she had “talked to United, and they said that they would pass it along and talk to the team member. I also told them I don’t want anyone losing their job. I just want them to be aware and maybe do some sensitivity training so it doesn’t happen again.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to a rep for Holliday for remark. United had no remark for Fox News Digital.
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