TikTokers claim they were denied entry to club because of their size TIKTOK: ellahalikasTwo TikTokers and plus-size models claimed they were denied entry to a Los Angeles club because of their size. Ella Halikas and Alexa Jay went viral on TikTok after sharing their experience, saying they were discriminated against by The Highlight Room in Hollywood. In a video with over 1.4 million views, Alexa explained that she\u2019d been invited to the club for her friend\u2019s birthday, and was waiting in line with about 15 other guests when she ran into Ella. \u201cThe promoter starts letting in the whole group of girls, and right when it gets to me, the bouncer puts the rope in front, looks me up and down, and says, \u2018Yeah, not tonight,’\u201d she recalled. Alexa pointed out that she was a part of the group that he was letting in, but he allegedly looked her up and down a second time and repeated, \u201cYeah, not tonight.\u201d \u201cAt that point, it was extremely apparent what was going on and that I was being discriminated against because of the size of my body,\u201d she said. Ella tried approaching the bouncer as well, switching places with Alexa at the front of the line, but they were again denied entry. The TikToker claimed the bouncer looked her up and down before repeating the same phrase, \u201cnot tonight,\u201d that he\u2019d used previously. The models also claimed that another staff member saw the interaction, but refused to intervene on their behalf. \u201cA security guard was there and did not help,\u201d Ella said. \u201cHe was like \u2018Oh, that\u2019s not really my thing.’\u201d \u201cIt was so dehumanizing,\u201d Alexa added. \u201cIt was like we were being looked through. If you experienced any type of discrimination like this, you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels, and we are no longer letting this fly.\u201d A spokesperson for Tao Group Hospitality told NBC News that the company is \u201caware of Ella and Alexa\u2019s experience and are actively engaged with them to discuss the incident further.\u201d \u201cWe are always appreciative of feedback on our operations and continue to work on how to improve our guest experience,\u201d the statement read. \u201cOur company does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTokers claim they were denied entry to club because of their size TIKTOK: ellahalikasTwo TikTokers and plus-size models claimed they were denied entry to a Los Angeles club because of their size. Ella Halikas and Alexa Jay went viral on TikTok after sharing their experience, saying they were discriminated against by The Highlight Room in […]<\/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-61540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61540","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=61540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}