Joel Madden of Good Charlotte was ordered to cover his tattoos if he wanted to get on a British Airways flight at the weekend. As you might expect in this day and age, he documented it all via Twitter.
His first post read: "Was just told by a British Air person I can't get on the plane till I cover my tatts. Should I fight the power?" A second added: "I am actually in shock he won't let me on the plane till I put long sleeves on and other BA rep is disagreeing".
Following the incident he added a number of comments, here neatly stuck together for your reading pleasure: "I can't believe Brit Air discriminated me for tatts. Unheard of. The guy was literally disgusted by me. I'm gonna write a letter. I did end up covering my tats. Its not my style to cause a scene. I just had a convo with the BA guy told him how it was discrimination. Yes I covered up to board the BA flight. I didn't want to miss it. And honestly, I was embarrassed all the people were staring and laughing".
Later, he added: "It's not in the rules that I can find. My tatts aren't offensive. Looking into it. I haven't felt this small since the first time I asked Nic out".