Shilpa Shetty Racism Controversy: Qantas Airline Apologises To The Actress

Yesterday, Shilpa Shetty took to Instagram to lash out at Australia's Qantas Airline and mentioned that she faced racism by their staff. The actress was mighty displeased when she, who was flying business class, was bullied just because of her colour. Now, the airline has apologised to Shilpa.

Qantas has tweeted an apology which reads, "We're sorry to hear that you have had a negative experience with us today Shilpa. We have passed your feedback on to the relevant team and we hope that you have a great experience with us onboard! Khalid (sic)."

For those who've come in late, in a long post yesterday, Shilpa had accused Qantas Airline's ground support staff of racism. Her post read, "Subject: #Quantas airways @qantas  This should get your attention! 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. The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .”WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! @australia @visitmelbourne @travel #truthmustbetold #bemused #uncalledfor #standup #equality #whatswrongisnotright #instapic #travelwoes #shocking #nightmare (sic)."

This is not the first time that Shilpa has faced racism. During her stint on the popular international show Celebrity Big Brother (Season 5), she had faced racism from fellow contestants. She had spoken up against the matter. Later on, she went on to win the show.