Flight Attendant Fired for Filming ‘Twerk’ TikTok on the Job [Video]

“I never thought a single moment would cost me everything.”

This is how former Alaska Airlines employee Nelle Diala began the GoFundMe fundraiser she created after allegedly being fired for posting a dance TikTok while on the job.

On Nov. 17, 2024, the then-flight attendant posted a TikTok in which she danced — and, in her own words, twerked — in the aisles of an empty airplane. “Ghetto bih till i D-l-E, dont let the uniform fool you,” she captioned the video.

Diala filmed the “lighthearted,” 15-second clip over six months into her “dream job” with the airline during a layover, she explained on GoFundMe.

“One day, during a layover, I posted a lighthearted video on my personal social media account. It was a harmless clip that was recorded at 6 am while waiting 2 hours for pilots,” she then wrote in part. “The video went viral overnight, but instead of love and support, it brought unexpected scrutiny. Although it was …