Man\u2019s large wheelchair cost him a chance to see Beyonce in concert TikTok: liberatedbygaga, Instagram: beyonceA man boarding his flight to see Beyonc\u00e9 perform in Seattle was told he couldn\u2019t enter the plane due to his wheelchair being too big. As Beyonc\u00e9 continues her Renaissance World Tour, fans flock to see her perform songs like \u2018Energy\u2019 where she gets the entire audience to go silent during the lyrics, \u201cBig wave in the room, the crowd gon\u2019 move. Look around, everybody on mute.\u201d Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s tour has seen so much success that she\u2019s become the highest-grossing female artist to ever go on tour, as her sales have already amassed $461.2 million and is expected to make at least $2 billion by October. So when a man by the name of Jon posted on TikTok that he was unable to attend the highly-anticipated Beyonc\u00e9 concert due to the size of his wheelchair, one can only imagine how heartbreaking that could have been. Man who waited 25 years to see Beyonc\u00e9 perform says \u201cAbleism strikes again\u201d In a video posted to his TikTok, Jon shared his story about how he wasn\u2019t able to see Beyonc\u00e9 perform in Seattle due to his wheelchair being too large to fit onto the plane. Jon, having cerebral palsy, isn\u2019t able to walk to the greatest degree without additional help, so leaving his wheelchair behind when he tried to board his plane wasn\u2019t an option. Though he waited \u201c25 years\u201d to see one of his favorite artists perform, Jon was struck with the soul-sinking news that there was no available plane that would fit his wheelchair. Attendants even searched high and low for a plane that could carry his wheelchair that was \u201cfour inches too tall to be loaded onto the plane.\u201d Jon ended his explainer video on TikTok saying, \u201cAbleism strikes again,\u201d indicating that his cerebral palsy has affected other opportunities in his life, as well. Those who have seen Jon\u2019s story took to his comments section to express empathy and say that he should be given a private Beyonc\u00e9 show, saying, \u201cI\u2019m sorry this happened. Hoping Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s team sees this and makes arrangements for you to see a show.\u201d Another viewer commented to apologize to Jon for his trouble boarding the plane, to which Jon responded, \u201cI\u2019m conflicted, because they are refunding me and the person did try every airline. I\u2019m sad and pissed \u2014 but it\u2019s not their fault.\u201d Jon was also sure to not mention the airline that wouldn\u2019t allow him to board his flight with his large wheelchair, as he posted a follow-up video saying that it is essentially \u201call airlines\u201d who were and are unable to fulfill his needs as a disabled citizen. However, Jon did thank viewers for sharing their support and tagging Beyonc\u00e9 in his comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Man\u2019s large wheelchair cost him a chance to see Beyonce in concert TikTok: liberatedbygaga, Instagram: beyonceA man boarding his flight to see Beyonc\u00e9 perform in Seattle was told he couldn\u2019t enter the plane due to his wheelchair being too big. As Beyonc\u00e9 continues her Renaissance World Tour, fans flock to see her perform songs like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}