Woman Notices Man Next To Her Is Texting Someone That He’s Sitting Next To ‘Smelly Fatty’, And It Escalates Quickly

Many suffer from body-shaming but one woman has just claimed that she had to endure it while on a plane. By a man sitting next to her. “Before I knew it, I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face,” Savannah Phillips wrote on Facebook. She said she was stuck there, crying because of the humiliation she couldn’t escape from.

“I haven’t experienced body-shaming like that since I was in grade school,” Savannah told Bored Panda. The whole incident, however, took an unexpected turn when another passenger intervened to help her. It was a bar manager, Chase Irwin.

“I would also like to add that I do forgive him,” Savannah said. “I have said lots of things in my life that I shouldn’t have, just like everyone else. If I hated him, I would not be any different and it is vital to respond with love. Only love brings change in the world.”

Phillips said that neither she nor Chase have spoken with the man ever since. She doesn’t even know who he is. “And I really don’t want to know. I don’t want this story to be about him – my goal was for it to be about Chase and how we should all be brave like he was and stand up for others.”

Scroll down to read how everything unfolded in Savannah’s own words and learn why she considers Irwin a hero!

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Savannah Phillips has been on airplanes for the last three weeks, but this flight was the worst of all of them

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Woman Notices Man Next To Her Is Texting Someone That He's Sitting Next To 'Smelly Fatty', And It Escalates Quickly

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This is how Savannah’s hero, Chase Irwin, saw it

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Woman Notices Man Next To Her Is Texting Someone That He's Sitting Next To 'Smelly Fatty', And It Escalates Quickly

‘I do feel a little more beautiful today’

Woman Notices Man Next To Her Is Texting Someone That He's Sitting Next To 'Smelly Fatty', And It Escalates Quickly

Watch the video below to see how grateful Savannah really is

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Woman Notices Man Next To Her Is Texting Someone That He's Sitting Next To 'Smelly Fatty', And It Escalates Quickly

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Daria B 6 years ago

"Man On Plane Calls His Seatmate A ‘Smelly Fatty,’ Probably Wishes He Hadn’t" → I suggest a title focusing more on the hero guy, since he's the one who deserves more spotlight. Also because I hiiiiiiiiighly doubt the "villain" here cares about this at all.

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Daria B 6 years ago

Oh, and one more thing. A more positive title will attract more interest from the audience. With a title like that, people will most likely expect a petty revenge story.

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Merle S 6 years ago

I guess your comment worked ;)

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Elli Tiuku 6 years ago

Just ignore the user "C". She used to be nice, but over the past year she has become a b*tch :(

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Zanthe 6 years ago

You guys are so quick to judging her as childish and/or "weak". She shared her story, she saw his text, even the GUY behind saw the text, which meant the "private" message was easy to read as the bald dude didn't even have the decency to make it discreet. If you didn't like her story or found it silly, move on to the next one. Sometimes this place has way too much negativity on posts that could use some empathy.

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Aunt Messy 6 years ago

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stellermatt 6 years ago

but... she's not even fat? plane bully was a d**k. well done to plane hero, he acted calmly and was the voice the lady needed.

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BarryAllenTheFlash 6 years ago

Preach!

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Janine B. 6 years ago

Even if she was, it doesn't give anyone the damn right to insult someone else just because of their outer appearance. I don't think I would have been as polite as the hero of our story here. I probably would would have told him the lady didn't choose to sit next to a stupid indiscreet old bald d**khead either so if he didn't like sitting next to her he could swap places with me. Sorry for being rude but I really can't stand people like this man. Reading the text made me really furious.

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Francisco Scaramanga 6 years ago

She is overweight, but still is beautiful.

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Valerie Lessard 6 years ago

yeah she is.. she's overweight. not healthy

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Falcon 6 years ago

She is fat. How can you even say that?

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Azziza 6 years ago

She is fat, there's no question. Were she not fat, she'd have just laughed it off. I would certainly laugh off someone calling me fat. But you can see in her photo that she's quite overweight. Nothing wrong with it, but to say she isn't fat is delusional.

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Daria B 6 years ago

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Daria B 6 years ago

Oh, and one more thing. A more positive title will attract more interest from the audience. With a title like that, people will most likely expect a petty revenge story.

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