Former Bachelor Nick Viall and his spouse, Natalie Pleasure, have discovered themselves on the heart of journey controversies through the years.
In a November 2023 episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast, Viall claimed that “Air Canada hates pregnant ladies.” (Pleasure was pregnant on the time with their first youngster, River Rose, who was born in February 2024.)
“Perhaps they simply hate individuals. I don’t know, however I’m fairly positive they undoubtedly hate pregnant ladies,” he continued, whereas Pleasure alleged that their expertise with the airline was the “worst second” of her being pregnant.
Pleasure famous that she and Viall arrived on the airport early so as to add their pet to their flight again to Los Angeles after she appeared as a particular visitor on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast tour in Toronto. Whereas the couple have been allegedly prepared for his or her takeoff, the girl working behind the counter that day famous that they might not be allowed on the flight as a result of they didn’t test in 90 minutes earlier than their departure.
Pleasure and Viall have been referred to the airline’s web site, which allegedly said that passengers might “probably” miss their flight if they didn’t test in 90 minutes prior. The couple, who tied the knot in 2024, later realized that their unique flight was delayed. They ultimately made it residence, ready 5 hours on the airport.
“Each one that works for Air Canada actively doesn’t wish to provide help to,” Viall alleged. “They don’t. They get off on not serving to you.”
Air Canada responded to the scenario in a press release to Us Weekly on the time.
“With a purpose to guarantee baggage is loaded and passengers onboard in time for every flight, in addition to to make sure there’s time for them to clear safety and, if obligatory, customs, like all airways we’ve got cut-off instances for vacationers,” their assertion learn. “Our cut-off instances are posted on our web site and we talk them in our cell app as soon as a buyer has checked in and advise them what the instances are. If a buyer hasn’t checked in at minus-5 hours earlier than their flight, additionally they obtain a check-in reminder re-stating the cut-off.”
Scroll all the way down to see Viall and Pleasure’s journey controversies by way of the years:
November 2023
Earlier than Viall and Pleasure detailed their journey expertise with Air Canada on “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast, the previous Bachelor criticized the airline by way of X in November 2023.
In response, Air Canada wrote, “Hi there, We’re sorry to listen to that you just had a adverse expertise with us. Please ship us a DM with extra particulars for us to look into it.”
Viall famous that it was “too late” for the airline to repair the scenario. “You’re [sic] worker at counter 12-5 within the enterprise class line didn’t care about my pregnant fiancé[e] needing to make flight they refused to assist,” he wrote. “I’m simply going to share our horrible expertise to assist others keep away from your airline so that they don’t have the identical expertise.”
Could 2024
The couple, their daughter and Pleasure’s mother traveled to Turks and Caicos for his or her honeymoon and hit a snag once they have been going by way of customs after touchdown. Viall defined on a Could 2024 episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast that they have been ready for his or her passports to be stamped when an agent famous that Pleasure’s passport had a ripped web page — and have been allegedly informed they may not enter the nation.
Pleasure was “sobbing” over their journey hurdle whereas on their honeymoon as Viall tried to stay calm.
“I used to be like, ‘It’s going to be OK. We’re gonna get a lecture of some form and clearly we’re gonna be superb,’” Viall added, noting they have been informed they have been going again to america. “[The agent] checked out me and was like, ‘Are you continue to going to go to your resort?’ I’m like, ‘I’m not leaving my spouse.’”
He continued, “Natalie’s crying and I seem calm however I’m radiating with nervousness. I’m telling myself, ‘You’re two days on the f**king job. Time to be a husband. It’s your time to step up and keep calm. Every thing’s going to be superb.’”
Viall famous that the scenario “felt like a nightmare,” including that they booked nonrefundable tickets and “determined to make an funding” of their honeymoon. The household was booked on “the following flight out,” however confronted a six-hour plane delay and the flight was canceled as a consequence of a upkeep concern. Delta Airways put the household up at a neighborhood resort for one evening.
“It might have been a lot worse [and] we had one evening,” Viall mentioned.
Could 2025
On a Could 2025 episode of “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast, Pleasure shared that the couple had simply boarded enterprise class on a flight from Los Angeles when she noticed a lady texting about their daughter. Pleasure famous that River was in a “talkative” temper however not crying.
“So the girl in entrance of me, who I assumed, actually, was going to be fairly good as a result of we made eye contact as we have been boarding,” Pleasure mentioned. “So I learn on her cellphone, the very first thing I see is, ’18-month-old in enterprise class.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, right here we go.’”
Pleasure defined that the girl started texting to her “buddies” that there’s a “younger couple” behind her in enterprise class with their “round [1]-year-old child screaming up a storm.” The textual content allegedly claimed that Viall and Pleasure are the “form of people that assume it’s cute” and mentioned “they should discover ways to quiet their child down… the poor girl subsequent to me is making an attempt to work.”
Pleasure famous that the girl incorrectly spelled “their” in her textual content, so she talked about the typo when confronting the passenger.
“As she’s ending her textual content, I lean up and faucet her on the shoulder, and I mentioned, ‘It’s t-h-e-i-r. Their child, not there,’” Pleasure mentioned, to which Viall famous that he had “no thought this was happening” however claimed he heard the ladies discussing the spelling error. When the girl requested whether or not she was her display screen, Pleasure replied, “Are you texting about my child?”
“She form of, like, huffs and puffs and turns, after which she brings out her cellphone, similar stage, similar brightness, similar textual content dimension, and begins going, ‘She simply confronted me a couple of spelling error. She’s studying my textual content from behind me. LOL. I respect it,’” Pleasure alleged.
Sooner or later after sharing the story on “The Viall Recordsdata” podcast, the pair reacted to the fan response — with Pleasure claiming that folks have been “extra mad at me for studying the textual content than for the girl speaking s*** on my child.”
Viall defined, “Having a child makes you extra empathetic in each facet of life. The best way you see different dad and mom on a flight, and also you simply wish to assist them. Once I see a mother with a toddler approaching a aircraft, I’m simply ready for a chance to assist her together with her bag. I don’t wish to be intrusive … however yeah, it’s troublesome.”