Bebe Rexha says she was ‘threatened’ at airport for talking Albanian

Bebe Rexha is claiming that she was ‘threatened’ by a security agent for speaking Albanian in an emotional new video, uploaded to her Instagram Story on Saturday.

As she shared footage of herself sobbing with her 11.9 followers, the singer, 34, explained that she was emotional because she was reportedly banned from her Lufthansa flight out of Munich Airport.

‘I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight,’ she alleged. 

In a second video, which she took following the incident, Rexha recorded herself crying as mascara ran down her face, before going into detail about what happened.

‘I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian,’ she wrote in a statement. ‘He would not let me take his name. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel like he was more powerful than he was.’ 

Bebe Rexha is claiming that she was ‘threatened’ by a security agent for speaking Albanian in an emotional new video, uploaded to her Instagram Story on Saturday

She continued: ‘Not one of the women at @Lufthansa stepped in or said something. He would not give me his name. But I just found out he works for ATSG a service company document control hired by Lufthansa.’ 

Rexha proceeded to repost a plea from another Instagram user asking for the singer to be brought ‘home safe’ from Munich Airport and to ‘investigate the male officer who threatened a woman’ for speaking Albanian.

The New York-born performer, who is of Albanian-North Macedonian descent, was born in Brooklyn and moved to moved to nearby Staten Island when she was six. 

Her father, Flamur, was born in Debar, North Macedonia when it was part of Yugoslavia and emigrated to America when he was 21. 

Her mother, who also has Albanian roots, was born in the United States. 

Rexha’s legal first name, Bleta, translates to ‘bee’ in the Albanian language.

She has previously revealed her mother and father began calling her ‘Bebe’ as nickname at a young age.

The four-time Grammy nominee’s posts come just one month after she revealed she is ‘fed’ up with the music industry in a series of impassioned tweets. 

The star also claimed that she ‘could bring down a BIG chunk of this industry’ with her information, which she did not divulge, as she declared her frustration. 

As she shared footage of herself sobbing with her 11.9 followers, the singer, 34, explained that she was emotional because the man reportedly banned her from ‘the flight’ on the airline, Lufthansa

‘I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight,’ she alleged

‘I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian,’ she wrote in a statement. ‘He would not let me take his name. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel like he was more powerful than he was’

‘I have been UNDERMINED. I’ve been so quiet for the longest time. I haven’t seen the signs even though people constantly are bringing them up and they have been SO OBVIOUS,’ she wrote in a post, shared to X. 

She continued: ‘And when I have spoken up I’ve been silence and PUNISHED by this industry Things must change or I’m telling ALL of my truths. The good the bad and the ugly.’

The singer, who rose to fame after helping pen Eminem’s hit single The Monster back in 2013, returned to the platform to clarify her post was ‘not just coming from a place of anger.’

‘It’s sadness. I’m sitting in my hotel room in London Crying my eyes out,’ she wrote. ‘I’ve felt hopeless for the longest time. I’ve been walking a lot through this city and meeting fans and they have really ignited something inside of me.’

In response to a fan asking ‘what happened again’ underneath the post, Rexha replied, ‘Again? You haven’t even heard 5 percent. You have NO IDEA.’

When asked who prevented her from speaking out, the musician wrote back: ‘THEY PUNISH YOU.’

The New York-born performer, who is of Albanian-North Macedonian descent, was born in Brooklyn and moved to moved to nearby Staten Island when she was six; seen in April 2024

After one X user insinuated that Rexha was going on a tirade to drum up dress for her new single, I’m the Drama, she shot back: ‘IM FED UP.’

Over her career, Rexha has written songs for Selena Gomez, Nick Jonas, Iggy Azalea, Florida Georgia Line, Tate McRae, Mickey Guyton and more.