A man who posted a clip of himself confronting a woman who “stole” his phone charger on a flight has admitted he put the video out wanting to go viral.
In the popular video viewed by millions of people online, Eddie Orellano puts his camera in the female passenger’s face and demands his “stolen” charger back.
He waited almost a year before uploading his exchange with the woman, named Vanessa. and never offers him a chance to explain why he has it.
Speaking to Inside Edition, Orellano initially claimed that he started recording because he thought “she did something dirty and didn’t think she would get caught.”
“So I said, ‘I’m going to put it on video,'” he continued, adding that he was suspicious of her because she gave him ‘negative energy from the beginning.’
Orellano said he posted the video of the encounter because the woman gave him “negative energy from the beginning.”
Vanessa, the woman who was recorded, described her surprised reaction when Orellano approached her with his camera recording
But Inside Edition’s Steve Fabian thought the phone charger drama seemed overrated.
He told Orellano: ‘I have to be honest, man. It sounds like you’re trying to make a viral video.
“Yes, and you’re probably right,” he replied.
Vanessa described her surprised reaction when Orellano approached her with his camera rolling.
“He didn’t give anyone a chance to say anything,” he said. “He kept coming up to me and saying, ‘You stole it, why did you steal it? You stole my charger.'”
Vanessa said the only thing that really happened was that she lifted the charging device “off the ground” because passengers were told to take their belongings.
“He didn’t give anyone a chance to say anything,” Vanessa said.
Vanessa said Orellano was “definitely trying to cause a scene” when he took the video.
“It seems like this worked out well for him since he just sold the video and hopefully he’ll be able to buy some chargers,” he said with a smile.
Vanessa revealed that she had received death threats after the clip was posted.
“This charger was found on the floor of an empty flight where we were told to remove all our belongings because we did not know if we would return to the same flight due to technical problems,” he said.
Vanessa identified herself as the woman in the now-viral footage, revealing she had received death threats after the altercation was “taken out of context” and shared online.
Vanessa said she was sitting in the back of the plane, so she was one of the last people to disembark. She claims she grabbed the charger from the floor under an empty seat in front of her and tried to hand it to the crew.
“I told the flight attendant and she didn’t accept it because they can’t be responsible for passengers’ possessions,” he said.
While the initial video suggested that Vanessa was a thief who unplugged the seat charger and tried to put it in her bag, she insists that there was “no stealth behavior” and that she, in fact, made it very clear to the people around her what he was doing. was doing.
“I picked it up off the ground,” he said. ‘Off the ground. I didn’t disconnect it.’
When he boarded the plane again, the passenger, Eddie Orellano, was already ‘agitated’ and ‘getting in people’s faces’ as they passed by
Vanessa said that the vile display of hatred towards her is what prompted her to share her version of events.
“Many of you are quick to believe that I’m some kind of evil villain over a phone charger on the floor of an empty flight that I tried to hand over to the crew,” he said.
“This man is yelling in my face the moment I boarded, of course I didn’t greet him with a smile.”
In the original video shared by Orellano online, he claimed that he had left his Apple iPhone charger plugged into his seat when the pilot let passengers stretch their legs due to delays.
He said a fellow passenger told him that a blonde woman had unplugged the charger, rolled it up and put it in her bag, prompting him to angrily confront her when they boarded again.
In the original video shared by Orellano online, he claims to have left his Apple iPhone charger plugged into his seat when the pilot let passengers stretch their legs due to delays.
‘Excuse me, did you take my charger?’ he asked as she passed him in the hallway.
“Yes, I have,” she replied immediately.
‘Why would you take my charger?’ he asked her. ‘Don’t steal things. You can’t take things without asking.
“You’re going to be famous, you’re going to be on TikTok,” Orellano added.