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.”
The highest standard of any culture corporate or not is to allow children to be children and to dress in accordance.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) March 26, 2017
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