Witney Carson feels validated after sharing son’s flight humiliation

dancing with the stars relative Witney Carson Glad she’s openly sharing how humiliating her two-year-old son was during a recent long-haul flight.

brought to her Instagram Stories Late night on Sunday, January 25, Carson, 32, said she felt “so recognized” reveal During her family’s return to the United States from Australia, her child, Jett, was repeatedly asked to keep quiet. (When Carson is not filming, he lives in Florida Distributed WTS.)

“It seems like I’ve reached the right place on Instagram,” said Carson, with whom he has two sons, Jet and Leo, 5. husband, Carson McAllisterwrote over a photo of her giving a thumbs up while sitting on another flight. “I feel validated. Thank you for letting me vent.”

She concluded the message by writing: “We ride at dawn,” suggesting fans were united in denouncing the shaming of her child.

reality tv star who Win Season 34 of Distributed WTS with partners Robert OwenJet, who lives in Australia, followed the post with a photo of Jet presumably sleeping on a chair between flights. “ANGEL BOY!!! Almost there little one,” Carson wrote on the photo.

Carson, who met Irving, 22, during their family trip, reminded fans of her son’s experience via an Instagram Story she shared earlier Sunday. “Honestly, let me ask you a question: Is it appropriate to ask a child to be quiet for the entire 13-hour flight?” she posed. “(My son) Jett was playing and giggling with me and we were asked to be quiet because a man in front said he wanted to take a break.”

She continued, “I totally understand if we need to go to bed at a certain time, but that’s at noon. I’m a big advocate of ‘worry about things that are within your control and put some damn ear (plugs) in.'” Am I crazy? “

A second Instagram story detailed a flight attendant who “constantly booed Jet,” prompting Carson to stand up from his chair and take action. “I stood up and asked him (the flight attendant) if there were certain times on the flight that we were required to be quiet and that we would respect that,” Carson wrote. “If not, I don’t want my kids to sit still for 13 hours. Well, bye, I’m done.”

Over the next few hours, fans were quick to share their support for Carson and her family, with many commenting directly to US Weeklyof Instagram news reports. “Wow I can’t believe a flight attendant was involved in this! So scary! That’s what headphones are for!” one follower wrote, while another commented: “I think it’s a win that your kid made it through 13 hours later without having a major meltdown. Apparently catcallers don’t have kids.”

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Carson documented her family’s visit to Australia a few weeks ago on social media. In one particularly adorable post, Carson and her family visited Irving’s Australia Zoo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, where the family wore Irving’s signature khaki shirts to show their love for wildlife conservation.

“The gang is back together,” Carson captioned the carousel, which included videos and photos of her family interacting with lemurs, giraffes and (glass-caged) snakes.

Carson has been the target of criticism of her mother in the past. She told exclusively US Weekly In February 2021, before Jett was born, “I got mostly positive stuff, which was great, but (I did get) one or two negative comments, like ‘You shouldn’t treat your baby like that. You shouldn’t hold your baby like that. You shouldn’t let your baby sleep like that.’

She continued at the time, “Little things like that…I haven’t (responded) so far, but if anyone comments on Leo, I think my mama bear (will come out).”