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- TikTok user Sierra Steadman says an Alaska Airlines flight attendant shamed her for her clothing.
- Steadman said in a video that the flight attendant grabbed her arm and yelled at her while boarding.
- Steadman said she had never felt more "degraded, ashamed, embarrassed, angry, or sad."
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TikTok user Sierra Steadman, who goes by @sierrasteadman on the app, says she was shamed by an Alaska Airlines flight attendant for her clothing while boarding a flight.
In a TikTok video – which has gained 6 million views since it was posted on Sunday – Steadman can be seen wearing a mask while crying and shaking her head. The on-screen text reads: "When the flight attendant slut shames you in front of the whole plane and threatens to kick you off for what you're wearing."
Steadman captioned the video: "I've never felt more degraded, ashamed, embarrassed, angry, or sad. F ALASKA AIRLINES!" Steadman and representatives for Alaska Airlines, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Since sharing the video, Steadman has posted others about the alleged incident.
In a follow-up video posted on Sunday, Steadman shared an image of the outfit she says she wore to board the plane: a pair of shorts, a crop top, and a full-zip sweatshirt.
In another video posted on Monday, Steadman said that while she was boarding the plane a flight attendant stopped her and asked her to zip up her jacket. Steadman went on to say that she started to zip up her jacket and continued walking to her seat.
Then, the flight attendant grabbed her arm, pulled her back, and started "yelling at me in front of everybody," Steadman said in the video.
"I had no problem with her asking me to zip up my jacket," Steadman said in the video. "It's her plane, she works on the plane, if that is what she wants, then I will zip up my jacket."
"My problem is with how she acted after I complied with her request," she added.
In a separate TikTok post from Monday, Steadman shared a screenshot of what appears to be an email response from Alaska Airlines to her mother.
Steadman doesn't appear to have shared any correspondence from her mother to the airline, but the purported email addressed to Shannon - who Steadman refers to as her mom in the video's caption - acknowledges that she contacted the company regarding her and her daughter's experience on a flight out of Seattle.
"You and your daughter should expect nothing less than to be treated with the utmost respect, compassion, and care," the screenshot reads. "It is truly disappointing to hear that you both did not feel that way during boarding and during the interactions with our flight attendant. We want to assure you that we take these matters very seriously and have shared your concern with our inflight management team that will conduct an internal investigation."
An Alaska Airlines representative said in a statement sent to the Daily Mirror that the company is "in contact with Sierra and her family," and says it is "committed to finding out what happened and taking all appropriate action."