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She hated being in the hot seat.
A Brazillian flier who was publicly shamed for refusing to switch seats with a crying toddler is now considering suing the tot’s mom.
Jeniffer Castro, 29, was on board a GOL Airlines domestic flight in Brazil on Dec. 4 when she encountered the youngster in her assigned window seat.
The toddler purportedly wanted to look out the window, but Castro, 29, ordered him out and claimed her spot.
However, the youngster’s irate mother took out her phone and started filming Castro before posting it online.
“I’m recording your face, this is disgusting,” the mom raged. “It’s the 21st century and people have no empathy for children.”
On Thursday, in an episode of the Cola Mais Podcast, Castro revealed that she’s considering taking legal action after the video went viral.
“Measures are now being taken,” she said. “What I went through wasn’t easy. The flight attendants could have asked me if I need anything, or if I was bothered by the passenger, but they didn’t. They stayed out of it.”
She explained that when she got on the plane, the toddler was already in her seat.
“I said, ‘This is my seat,’ and waited for him to leave,” she shared. “A guy across the aisle said ‘Change with him, you sit next to the aisle and he’ll have your place.’”
Castro refused.
“The boy cried the entire flight, it was around 50 minutes from Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte,” Castro added. “The mother was very rude.”
But the mother’s attempt to “expose” Castro backfired, with many people coming to her defense and praising her for not moving.
In the wake of the viral video, Castro was identified and she suddenly became a social media sensation.
The Brazillian’s Instagram followers even jumped to 2.1 million after the spat and she’s now signed several deals, referring to herself as a “first-time influencer.”
Despite the support she’s been shown — and lucrative new gigs she’s secured — Castro says she’s still shaken from suddenly becoming the unwitting subject of a viral video.
“I still don’t know how to feel about it,” she said.” I’m still trying to process everything.”
