SYDNEY, Australia — Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being ****** and rude to him on a flight.
The musician said he was met by ****** at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an ******** with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through his noise-cancelling headphones.
I’m currently on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney.
I’m sorry to say me and my group have experienced they worse service due to a overly aggressive flight attendant…
I don’t want to believe she ******.
But she has clearly aimed all her frustrations only at the people of colour— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
He tweeted a photo of a ****** officer and said: “This is how your greeted when you land from Brisbane to Sydney flying @qantas with a #RacistFlightattendant.” He then named the flight attendant.
Qantas said in a statement it rejected the allegation that the ******** had anything to do with race and said it was a “misunderstanding.”
“There was a misunderstanding onboard, which seems to have been exacerbated by will.i.am wearing noise cancelling headphones and not being able to hear instructions from crew,” the ******* said in a statement. “We’ll be following up with will.i.am and wish him well for the rest of the tour.”
He and the Black Eyed Peas are in Australia to perform as part of a ***** tour.
In a series of tweets made in response to Peter Ford, an entertainment reporter in Australia and New Zealand, will.i.am said he wasn’t the only person on the flight to be “disrespected.” Some Twitter users who said they were passengers on the flight agreed with him.
He did, however, get criticized by some who felt it was inappropriate for him to publicly name the flight attendant on his Twitter account, which has 12.8 million followers.
“I don’t regret my actions,” he said, adding in another tweet that “today I FELT **************…and I spoke for all the other people who are voiceless.”
This is how your greeted when you land from Brisbane to Sydney flying @qantas with a #RacistFlightattendant named Lorraine Marshall…She sent the ****** after me bacause I couldn’t hear the P.A while making beats on the plane wearing noise canceling headphones… pic.twitter.com/9xT7WqTUoO
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
.@Qantas Your #RacistFlightattendant was beyond rude & took it to the next level by calling the ****** on me. thank god the other passengers testified that SHE was out of Control ???????? the ****** finally let me go. imagine if the ****** were as aggressive as Lorraine Marshall ????
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
I’m sorry? Is callin the ****** on a passenger ******* hearing he P.A due to wearing noise canceling headphones appropriate? If didn’t put away my laptop “in a rapid 2min time” I’d understand. I did comply quickly & politely, only to be greeted by ******. I think I was targeted https://t.co/8WVIuMKXJa
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
???????????????????????? thank you ???????????????????????? https://t.co/GK2D3aNS1Q
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
I was intimidated by 5 ****** officers when I landed…for what? ????????♂️ I put away my laptop when she asked…why would she feel threatened by me to call the ******? What did I do wrong? I wasn’t out of hand.. I was polite & did what she asked… now you’re asking me to take *****? https://t.co/1390ThymY3
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
If I did something wrong….or if I was the slightest bit rude to a FAN or a journalist during work, I would be publicly named…this is what Twitter is for…we are supposed to call out wrong doings so we can have a safer more compassionate ***** https://t.co/au4ibWeqWY
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 16, 2019
We live in 2019 & technology is advancing…they have WiFi is certain planes & noise canceling is becoming a standard…people who serve the paying public need to know that passengers have on devices that block out outside sound…sending the ****** after them is a bit much ????????♂️ https://t.co/CZHJaMFLUE
— will.i.am (@iamwill) ******** 18, 2019