Hollywood took to Twitter on Sunday to decry United Airlines for preventing two 10-year-old girls from boarding a flight because they were wearing leggings.
“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,” Chrissy Teigen tweeted.
United pointed out that the girls were flying for free with employee passes, so there was a dress code because they were representing the airline, but Teigen and other industry members, including Patricia Arquette, didn’t buy it.
Arquette called United’s policy “terrible” and received a direct response from the airline.
“Patricia, as stated, these were United representatives. We hold our employees to the highest of standards,” the airline tweeted.
Arquette responded: “The highest standard of any culture corporate or not is to allow children to be children and to dress in accordance.”
https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/846047096402685952
The story has made national news, with ABC’s “Good Morning America” and FNC’s “Fox & Friends” each dedicating a segment to the situation on Monday.
WATCH: Girls bumped from flight over wearing leggings; United under fire over in-flight dress code: https://t.co/8y2gzsLO0i pic.twitter.com/E8kmx1CKac
— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 27, 2017
DRESS CODE DRAMA: United Airlines sparks outrage for banning girls from wearing leggings on a plane pic.twitter.com/oMebx0Wjhu
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) March 27, 2017
Check out other celebrity reactions:
Fact: I once took a @united flight with my penis FULLY EXPOSED and had NO PROBLEMS #Misogyny
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) March 26, 2017
😱👇🏻I'm going to start wearing leggings! Is that against the rules? 🤔#outdatedfashion #outdatedrules https://t.co/V5LnwDwygY
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/846066710171926529
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/846072671309774848
Hey @united I fly a LOT. About to go on tour all April and changing all my @united flights to other airlines
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) March 26, 2017
.@united I have flown numerous times while displaying an egregious mooseknuckle. What's a male over 10 have to do to get noticed?
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) March 26, 2017
Meanwhile, United is standing by its decision:
The passengers this morning were United pass riders who were not in compliance with our dress code policy for company benefit travel.
— United Airlines (@united) March 26, 2017
To our customers…your leggings are welcome! Learn more about our company’s pass travel privilege: https://t.co/5e3euG1H9G.
— United Airlines (@united) March 27, 2017