A former Alaska Airlines flight attendant is running a GoFundMe after losing her job over a now-viral TikTok twerking video. Nelle Diala had worked for the carrier for just over six months before being terminated for breaching the company’s social media guidelines.
She filmed the 20-second dance clip early in the morning while waiting two hours for pilots, and was celebrating the end of her new hire probationary period. Her original TikTok carried the caption: “Ghetto Till I Die, Don’t Let the Uniform Fool You.” Some viewers called for her dismissal, describing her behavior as inappropriate for someone in airline uniform.
Later, Diala reposted the video with new commentary:
Can’t even be yourself anymore without the world being so sensitive. What’s wrong with a little twerk before work?
She used the hashtag #discriminationisreal. And she was fired, in her telling, without any formal opportunity to present her side of the story (the video did that for her, I imagine).
Diala says she cherished her flight attendant job at Alaska because of her passion for meeting new people, exploring the world, and ensuring that passengers had a safe, welcoming environment – and because it helped to fund her lingerie and dessert business, which she operates under the handles @cakezncake (which doesn’t appear to have any content?) and @figure8.lingerie.
Now she seeks $12,000 in GoFundMe donations while she seeks new employment. So far she’s raised… $70.
Diala acknowledges that posting the video was a lapse in judgment, but says she didn’t intend any harm—nor did she mention her employer by name in the clip (the uniform, on board the aircraft, though…). She was surprised to be terminated so quickly, and still hopes to have a career in aviation.
I’ve always been careful about what I post, and I never thought this video would cost me my career.
In the meantime, she intends to devote more attention to her lingerie and dessert ventures.
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