Shilpa Shetty is the popular Bollywood actress who was a heartthrob for many. She is one of the senior heroines in Hindi film industry who was married to a businessman Kundra. She is popular both on the big screen and also small screen. The successful actor turned entrepreneur is in the news now as she has faced an unpleasant experience at Sydney airport.
Apparently, this is not the first time that she faced racism and it was in 2007, she faced the same while boarding a plane from Melbourne to Sydney. The actress took to her Instagram to reveal her awkward experience and expressed her unpleasantness.
Revealing her experience, she said, “Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel ( that’s her name)who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!…. to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in.”