NZ AIRLINE CUTS GAY KISS SCENE
Air New Zealand will remove a scene included in a light-hearted in-flight video after complaints from gay activists.
The scene show All Black rugby hunk Richard Kahui refusing to give a male flight attendant a peck on the cheek after giving one to a female attendant.
Air NZ operations and safety manager David Morgan said that the video had been previewed to numerous people including members of the gay community before it had been show in-flight and “received none of the feedback we have in the past week”.
“The scene was not something that we, the people we tested the scene with, or indeed the participants in the scene, viewed as distasteful or likely to cause concern,” he added.
The gay flight attendant who appears in the clip said that he was surprised about the complaints. “I’m absolutely gutted that a couple of people in the gay community have ruined this for everyone else.
“I’m proud to be gay, proud to be an Air New Zealander and extremely proud of my role in the safety video. Obviously there are some people in the gay community that can be a little precious and need to lighten up.”
View the video clip below and judge for yourself.
kiss scene. yes maybe if the male flight attendant wasn’t such a queen it would have helped
WTF!. The scene show All Black rugby hunk Richard Kahui refusing to give a male flight attendant a peck on the cheek after giving one to a female attendant.
If anyone watched the clip they would have seen she hinted on giving him a peck, he did not give her one. Done in good humour, cannot see the offence at all.
Hmm. It was actually the best airline safety video I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe how sensitive people can be… my word.
So if I go up to any straight jock and ask him to kiss me, should I be offended if he doesn’t give one to me? Bwahahaha… Hmm, on second thought, maybe I should be – I might just get luckier.