Bebe Rexha broke down in tears while documenting the moment that she was allegedly banned from a flight in Germany’s Munich Airport for speaking to a security guard in Albanian. The 34-year-old “Meant to Be” hitmaker, who is of Albanian descent, said that she was the victim of a “hate crime” and explained what happened prior to her beginning filming. Keep reading to find out more.
.. Taking to her Instagram story on Saturday (August 17), Bebe shared a video of herself sobbing in the airport.
“I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight,” she wrote in text over the video. She share more in another story, writing, “I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian.
He would not let me take his name. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel like he was more powerful then he was. Not one of the women at @LUFTHANSA stepped in or said something.
He would not give me his name. But I just found out he works for ATSG a service company document control hired by LUFTHANSA.” We hope that Bebe gets home safely! A representative for Lufthansa Airline told TMZ that they had reached out to Bebe to find out what happened.
Stressing that “diversity and equal opportunity are core values to their company,” the airline said that they would “thoroughly investigate.” A few weeks ago, Bebe opened up about her experience in the music i.