Jimmy Kimmel rips into United Airlines with parody vid

"That is such sanitised, say nothing, take no responsibility, corporate BS speak."
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Yvette Tan
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While outrage over the United Airlines saga still climbs online, Jimmy Kimmel has delivered his hot take with a searing rant at the airline.

United is about to replace Pepsi as the most hated firm on the Internet right now, after videos of a man onboard one of its flights was filmed being dragged down the aisle with a bloodied mouth by security officers.

"I've been to a hundred games and stadiums with 50,000 seats, they never sell the same seat two times to one person, but for some reason, airlines cannot figure this out," says Kimmel.

Taking a shot at United CEO, Oscar Munoz's official apology wording where he said the man was "re-accommodated," Kimmel said: "He said re-accommodated, it's like how we re-accommodated El Chapo out of Mexico.

"That is such sanitised, say nothing, take no responsibility, corporate BS speak. I don't know how the guy who sent that tweet didn't vomit when he typed it out."

The rant doesn't end there.

"Imagine if this happened at Applebee's if you sit down and order your food and the waiter throws you out...you'd never go to Applebee's again.

"But we don't do that with airlines. The next time you book a flight, it doesn't matter if it's United or Delta...if one is a dollar less than the other, that's the one we'll pick. They know this. That's why we're stuck with them."

He also finished off his point with a parody video that pulled no punches.

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"We're United Airlines. You do what we say when we say, and there won't be a problem," says the spokeswoman in the video. "If we say you fly, you fly. If not, tough shit."

Sounds about right.

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Yvette Tan

Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.

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