The Orange Is The New Black star is airing her frustration out on Twitter with airline personnel who made controversial comments on her flying arrangements.
“I hate when gate agents look at me like I’ve never flown first class and say ’You’re in first class, lucky you!’ Really tho,” Brooks tweeted.
Brooks is on one of the biggest shows of the year and already has two SAG Awards under her belt, so I’m pretty sure she isn’t a stranger to flying first class. Twitter users were outraged at the treatment and assumptions of Brooks and quickly jumped to her defense.
@plumpdn @thedanieb yeah they make like $13/hr and they're treating people like they're broke.
— book_listener (@book_listener) July 1, 2016
@thedanieb ew casual racism??? Go off girl
— nina misses halsey (@ninability) June 30, 2016
@thedanieb tell them it's their lucky day too cause first month of Netflix is free so they can join
— oh my root. (@haughtdayum) June 30, 2016
Who do we need to fight @thedanieb?! https://t.co/rqOLYtWvGq
— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) July 1, 2016
After Ebony magazine tweeted out their support, Brooks replied to before things got way out of hand.
@EBONYMag @GetJETmag lol this thing blew wayyy out of proportion! Lol.
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) July 1, 2016