Mo Farah Racially ‘Humiliated’ at US Airport, Claims Wife Tania

Tania Farah claims the attendant treated Mo like a “piece of shit” until people explained who he was.

Britain’s Mo Farah celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 10,000 m final at the World Athletics Championships. (Photo: AP)

Mo Farah, 33, the British distance runner with two recent gold medals to his name and now the third-consecutive victory in the Great North Run, was reportedly left feeling “humiliated” when a flight attendant told him off while he was boarding a plane back home from the Rio Olympics with his wife Tania, 30 and daughter Rihanna, 11.

The four-time Olympic champion’s wife and distance runner herself, Tania Farah, claims that a Delta Airlines official shouted at Farah asking him to go back to the end of the line, not believing that Mo and his family had first-class tickets.

Farah claims that the attendant treated her husband like a “piece of shit” until people came forward and explained who he was.

She was mortified afterwards but had basically yelled at him like he was a piece of sh*t to get back into line. He was the only black person and hadn’t done anything to warrant it.

Tania Farah speaking to <i>The Sunday Telegraph</i>

Other sources have, however, mentioned that the family missed the first-class boarding because of which they were asked to then wait till the economy-class boarding was over. It was during this 10-minute period that Tania reportedly launched into a foul-mouthed rant against the official, calling her “f***ing pathetic” for leading a “sad little life”.

Delta Airlines has said they are investigating the issue and will remain directly in touch with the Farah family.