‘Wicked’ Actress Marissa Bode Claims She Was “Denied Boarding a Flight Because I’m Disabled”

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Marissa Bode is calling out Southern Airways after she claims that she was denied boarding a flight because of her wheelchair, despite her manager checking with the company beforehand.

The Wicked actress, who played Nessarose on the big screen adaptations, took to TikTok on Thursday to share her frustrations, saying, “I was denied boarding a flight because I’m disabled. I wish that were clickbait. I wish that were false, but that is what happened.”

Bode explained that Southern Airways is “extremely, extremely small” and that she had to use the airline as her connecting flight due to limited options heading to her destination in a small Pennsylvania town.

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