Love Island’s Jack Fowler has criticized “ignorant” people for “not understanding the seriousness of allergies” after he “could have died” on a flight to Dubai following a reaction to some cashews.
The reality star and DJ, 28, appeared on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain with Ed Balls and Susanna Reid, where she opened up about the recent incident.
Jack was flying with Emirates and claimed he had told the flight attendant several times that he had a nut allergy.
However, despite his warnings, he was served chicken curry with cashews and within seconds his throat closed up and he began to have difficulty breathing.
Jack was given five tanks of oxygen and had to be administered his Adrenaline Pen (Epi Pen), but confessed that he had the “real possibility of dying on the plane.”
Love Island’s Jack Fowler has criticized “ignorant” people for “not understanding the seriousness of allergies” after he “could have died” on a flight to Dubai following a reaction to some cashews.
The reality star and DJ, 28, appeared on Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain with Ed Balls and Susanna Reid, where she opened up about the recent incident.
Now he told GMB: ‘The rate of allergies among young people is increasing. I feel like it’s a sign of times when people on these flights need to be taken care of.
‘Now things are changing and what will it take? I think people need to really understand the seriousness of allergies and I think there is a lot of ignorance on the part of some people.’
Susanna then added: “The annoying thing is that if you were served a packet of cashews, you could have said ‘no, I don’t want them’.” Thank you so much.’
‘You couldn’t tell what was in this food. I think all passengers should be able to look at the ingredients, like we do in stores and supermarkets.
“And then you’d be sure what was really in the food, right?”
Jack also offered a solution that he believes could prevent the same thing from happening again.
He said: “I also think about airlines, and it’s a very simple thing.” I said, why don’t we put a red cover over your seat?
“So, even if the flight attendant doesn’t know, maybe firsthand, she can visually see that that person has something on the back of the seat.”
Detailing the incident on Instagram on Sunday, Jack shared numerous photos of himself receiving treatment on board and wrote: “I can’t believe I have to post this. And I’m posting because people should be aware of the seriousness of how serious they can be.” being food allergies and the total negligence of the @Emirates airline.
Jack was flying with Emirates and claimed he had told the flight attendant several times that he had a nut allergy. However, despite his warnings, he was served chicken curry with cashews.
Now he says on GMB: ‘The rate of allergies among young people is increasing. “I feel like it’s a sign of the times when people on these flights need to be taken care of.”
He added: ‘Now things are changing and what will it take? I think people need to really understand the seriousness of allergies and I think there is a lot of ignorance on the part of some people.
Jack was given five tanks of oxygen and had to be administered his Adrenaline Pen (Epi Pen) but confessed that he had the ‘real possibility of dying on the plane’.
Jack asked, “What has to happen for airlines to take food allergies seriously?” while he criticized Emirates for their negligence’
‘I recently flew with Emirates Airline and they gave me a cashew. I informed my flight attendant about my nut allergy twice before I was given a chicken curry.
“They didn’t give me a menu to choose from, but instead asked me directly if I wanted chicken or fish. I opted for the chicken.
‘When I ordered the chicken, I told the steward that I am very allergic to all nuts. I was then told that there were no nuts in the chicken curry.
‘When I received the food I asked the same flight attendant again to make sure and she again told me that it did not include nuts.
‘Trusting my flight attendant I started eating the chicken curry. My throat immediately closed up and breathing became extremely difficult.’
The situation immediately escalated, as Jack continued: ‘I told a flight attendant that I couldn’t breathe and that there were nuts in the food.
‘I was told AGAIN there were no nuts in the chicken curry. It was only when my friend demanded to see the food menu for the first time that I realized it was a ‘Creamy Cashew Chicken Curry’.
‘This left me with the real possibility of dying on the plane because I knew I needed emergency treatment immediately. They gave me five tanks of oxygen, in addition to administering my adrenaline pen (Epi Pen).
“I told the flight supervisor, ‘If you don’t land this plane soon, I will die on this plane.’ This causes the pilot to speed up the trip.
“Once we landed, I was rushed to Dubai Airport Hospital where I continued treatment.”
Jack then asked, “What has to happen for airlines to take food allergies seriously?” while he criticized Emirates for its negligence.
‘@Emirates not good enough. I am lucky to have a platform to make so many people aware of their complete negligence.
‘You are responsible for your passengers and their safety. Giving a passenger food that they have said TWICE will cause extreme harm is unacceptable.
‘I hope all airlines and cabin crew who come across this post take note. We board their flights and rely on the cabin crew to help us have a safe flight. Be more careful.’
MailOnline has contacted Emirates for comment.
Sharing her support in the comments, Jack’s ex-girlfriend and former flight attendant Laura Anderson wrote, “She’s getting fired.”
He wrote: “I told the flight supervisor, ‘If you don’t land this plane soon, I will die on this plane.’ This prompted the pilot to speed up the trip.
He added: ‘@Emirates is not good enough. I am lucky to have a platform to make so many people aware of their complete negligence.
Jack also offered a solution that he believes could prevent the same thing from happening again as it appeared on GMB.
Jack found fame after taking part in Love Island in 2018 (pictured). He then returned to the Love Island Games last year, which he won with his then-girlfriend Justine Joy.
Meanwhile, Wayne Lineker wrote: “That’s crazy, man.” I love you and I hope you are well.’
Fellow Love Islander Georgia Steel wrote: ‘Hope you’re well Jack!!! Nice to use your platform to spread this kind of awareness!’
His ex Justine Joy, who he won the Love Island Games with last year, shared: ‘It’s shocking that this still happens knowing that you always make sure to tell everyone about the severity of your allergy before consuming anything!’ Infuriating! I’m really glad you’re okay!!’
Montana Brown added: “I hope you’re okay, this is SO bad.” and Hannah Elizabeth commented: ‘I also have a very bad allergy to cashews and pistachios. This also happened to me on a plane, so I hope you’re okay.