One activist said the hosts were trying to justify their 'fat-phobia'
Two Airbnb hosts have had their listing removed after it reportedly banned guests who weighed more than 220 pounds from booking.
The home, which was called the “Bobbit’s Lair” in Sandwich, Kent, in the U.K., advertised itself as a two-floor medieval cottage for $265 a night. However, the quaint 600-year-old cottage listed by hosts Zsu and Marcus had more than a few rules for prospective guests to abide by, a since removed photo shows, reported by the New York Post.
Among them were the usual restrictions – no smoking inside, no loud music after 10, no non-guests allowed – and then one, which caught the ire of social media, “NO persons with eating disorders may book we have a maximum weight 100kg (220 pounds) [per person].”
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Social media user and self-titled "fat activist" and "fierce fat feminist" Lindsay McGlone spotted the listing and immediately shared it with her large Instagram following of nearly 17,000 people.
“They should be held accountable. @airbnb do you not regulate your site? How is the acceptable. Please find the link in my stories or bio to report this herrendous listing,” she wrote in a post, which shared the alleged rules from the Airbnb post.
