"I Cried Because This Was The First Time I Would Travel In Years Without Needing A Seat Belt Extension" - Lepacious Bose Recounts.

Lepacious Bose recalled the awkward moments she had to experience due to her weight, the airplane seat belts couldn't go round her waist and how she cried the very first time she flew on an aircraft without having to stretch the seat belt.

The entertainer said her weight meant that she couldn't attach the seat belt in her car so she still had to hold it with her hand as she passed LASTMA officials, to avoid being fined for not using a seat belt.

Bose also recalled travelling with other male comedians on an aircraft and being too shamed to ask for an extension of the seat belt because she didn't want them to embarrass her.
She said she had to request for a seat belt extension on many occasions when travelling by air and it made her feel very embarrassed.

Eventually she lost some weight and realised she didn't need a seat belt extension on one of her flights because it worked without one.

Bose said she then started to cry as she recalled all the painful moments she had experienced up to that point.

See what she said below regarding the incident;

No it is not a movie and no one died.This was the first time I would travel in years without needing a seat belt extension!!!!! I simply pulled the belt and it clicked and I broke down in the plane and cried.....oh how I cried.....i cried for so many reasons.
1. For the shame I felt for years everytime the plane crew handed the extension to me and the look people gave me.2. I cried because I remembered traveling with a group of comedians (great guys) but I did not want then to make fun of me, I flew 6 hours without using a seat belt...... I could not bear to ask for extension and I acted like it was together.3. I cried because I remembered how many times I held the seat belt in a car so that lasma would not stop me but the seat belt never connected so I just held it till I passed them.4. I cried for a million and one reasons I can not write about.....5. I cried because I remembered how many times I got to sit by the exit with leg room and i was politely told I was too overweight to sit there.....in case of an emergency it is assumed a big person will not move fast enough...... Hmmm....6. I cried because I remembered various times I sat beside evil nasty people in planes who acted like sitting beside me was depriving them of oxygen.........Oh I cried. And when google photos popped this picture this morning I cried again...... Not because am sad or miserable but because am GRATEFUL!.NEVER AGAIN WILL I BE THAT WOMAN