Woman calls out plane passenger for sending a rude text about her weight

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “To my in-flight seat buddy Cathy who decided to text her friends about ‘sitting next to a fat a**’ omg’ on my BHM-ORD flight: make sure you turn your brightness and font size down next time,” Mika wrote in the text over the video. “Cathy sent this text message and I immediately just went: ‘If you’re going to call someone fat sitting right next to you, you could at least turn your brightness down,’” she recalled. “I’m very confident in my own skin, but the next person Cathy insults might not be, so that’s the lesson for Cathy.” As of 6 December, the two videos have more than 3.5m views, with TikTok users in the comments praising Mika for how she handled the situation. I’m so happy you didn’t move.” Although Mika told The Independent that Cathy never apologised for her remark, the TikTok user said she hopes that “Cathy learned a valuable lesson that day, and next time chooses kindness”.