Celebrities Are Pissed At United Airlines And Boycotting The Airline Over This Incident

Chrissy Teigen, as well as Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogan, are royally pissed a United Airlines.

Apparently two teenage girls were recently barred from boarding a flight from Denver to Minneapolis simply because they were wearing leggings!

Chrissy Teigen, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman are among the celebrities threatening to boycott the airline over this incident.

The first person to bring the incident to light was Shannon Watts, founder of the anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action. She saw a gate agent force the girls to change or wear dresses over the leggings or they would not be permitted to board. One of the girls was as young as 10 years old.

Watts took to her Twitter and tweeted, “Since when does @united police women’s clothing?”

She went on to say, “Gate agent for flt 215 at 7:55. Said she doesn’t make the rules, just follows them. I guess @united not letting women wear athletic wear?”

“This behaviour is sexist and sexualises young girls,” she continued. “Not to mention that the families were mortified and incovenienced.”

United tweeted in response: “In our Contract of Carriage, Rule 21, we do have the right to refuse transport for passengers who are “barefoot or not properly clothed.”

According to United, what is defined as properly clothed is something that “is left to the discretion of the gate agents.”

The airline also said that the girls were pass riders and not regular airline customers.

“There is a dress code for pass travellers as they are representing UA when they fly,” the airlines said.

For those of you who do not know, “pass riders” are relatives or friends of United employees and receive free or discounted air travel on United flights as well as other partner airlines.

“We care about the way we present themselves to you, our customers, as we believe that is part of the experience on board our flights,” United said. “When taking advantage of this benefit, all employees and pass riders are considered representatives of United. And like most companies, we have a dress code that we ask employees and pass riders to follow.”

“The passengers this morning were United pass riders and not in compliance with our dress code for company benefit travel. We regularly remind our employees that when they place a family member or friend on a flight for free as a standby passenger, they need to follow our dress code.”

“To our regular customers, your leggings are welcome.”

What on earth is wrong with leggings on a ten-year old?

Many on social media didn’t care too much for the response from United and dubbed the airline as “outdated” and “sexist.” Some users even started a trend with hashtag #LeggingsGate.

Chrissy Teigen responded with, “I have flown united before with literally no pants on. Just a top as a dress.

Next time I will wear only jeans and a scarf.

She also said, “If I have an issue with a company, I stop giving them money.”

Sarah Silverman commented: “Hey @united I fly a LOT. About to go on tour all April and changing all my @united flights to other airlines.”

Seth Rogen agreed and replied to one of Silverman’s tweets: “Yeah. They are only trying to treat the teenage daughters of their employees like s**t. Not everyone else.”

Disclaimer: We have no position in United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL) and have not been compensated for this article.