“After 25 years of waiting, I’m not seeing Beyonce tonight. So ableism strikes again,” he said.
A die-hard Beyonce fan with cerebral palsy was ready to finally see his favorite artist perform live in Seattle — but missed the show after an airline couldn’t fit his wheelchair on their plane.
“Got to the airport to take my flight and they tell me that my chair is apparently four inches too tall to be loaded on the plane,” Hetherington“So they checked every possible flight, every airline, and nothing is available. So after 25 years of waiting, I’m not seeing Beyonce tonight. So ableism strikes again,” he said.Jon Hetherington
Soon enough, Queen Bey’s longtime publicist followed him back, leaving many to wonder if Beyonce will help.told KOMOHetherington, 34, has declined to share the name of the airline in question, saying in a follow-up video that “it’s not just one airline, but all airlines.” Hetherington said this is not the first time he’s experienced ableism attending concerts. Just two weeks earlier, he was“I’ve been waiting over an hour because apparently there are no accessible taxis available in all of Seattle,” Hetherington said in another video.Brian Prahl / SplashNews.com
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