Bebe Rexha tears up over 'hate crime' against her at Munich airport

MUNICH, GERMANY: Bebe Rexha, the 34-year-old pop star, has claimed she was the victim of a "hate crime" after an incident at a German airport.

On Saturday, August 17, Rexha took to her Instagram Story to share her distressing experience, alleging that she was "threatened" and subsequently banned from a Lufthansa flight at Munich Airport.

The incident reportedly occurred after she spoke Albanian to a security official, mistaking him for a fellow Albanian.

Bebe Rexha shares her experience of being 'threatened' at Munich Airport

The 'Home' singer, who was born in New York to Albanian-North Macedonian parents, shared a series of emotional posts detailing the ordeal.

"I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian," she captioned a video where she can be seen sobbing.

She explained that she spoke Albanian to the security agent, asking where to get her ticket, and was then banned from the flight.

"I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight."

The singer's distress was palpable as she further elaborated on her experience in another post.

"I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian. He would not let me take his name. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel like he was more powerful [than] he was. Not one of the women at @Lufthansa stepped in or said something," she wrote.

Bebe Rexha demands investigation of the airport staff who 'threatened' her

The 'Say My Name' singer also mentioned that she later discovered the security agent worked for ATSG, a service company hired by Lufthansa for document control.

"He would not give me his name. But I just found out he works for ATSG a service company document control hired by Lufthansa," Rexha added towards the end of her post.

The pop star also reposted a request from another Instagram user asking for the singer to be brought home safely, and called for the Munich Airport to “investigate the male officer who threatened a [woman]” for speaking Albanian.

A representative for Lufthansa told TMZ that the airline is in contact with Rexha to get the full story. Lufthansa reportedly added that “diversity and equal opportunity are core values to their company.”

Bebe Rexha's fans voice frustration over singer's continued mistreatment

Many fans were vocal about their frustration over how Bebe Rexha has been treated.

"This girl is always being mistreated or being disrespected… Bebe Rexha deserves sm more people need to start respecting her," one person wrote on X.

Another added, "Bebe Rexha literally suffers more than forced drafted 18 year old soldiers during WWI."

The incident also sparked more intense reactions from some fans. "God take away all her pain and give it to Kanye," one user wrote, referring to her ex-boyfriend Keyan Safyari, with whom she had a three-year relationship that ended in 2023. Rexha had previously shared that Safyari purportedly discussed her weight gain.

Another netizen penned, "the only thing i know about bebe rexha  is that she is always going through some mess… somebody help her."

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