Dennis Prager Show - Plus Size Rapper Sues Lyft
Aired: 2025-01-29
Duration: 03:13


=== Why She Couldn't Fit (03:04) ===

[00:00:00]  This chick was trying to get into a small vehicle and I want to play the video clip for you.
[00:00:04]  Clip number 24, por favor, Mr. McConnell.
[00:00:08]  Blanding tells us she was just trying to get to a Detroit Lions watch party this month when her lift rolled up.
[00:00:14]  As I'm walking, I see him, like, making faces or whatever.
[00:00:16]  I'm like, oh, man.
[00:00:17]  She already knew.
[00:00:18]  I can fit in this car.
[00:00:20]  No, believe me, it's him.
[00:00:21]  Yes, I can.
[00:00:22]  Believe me.
[00:00:23]  He told her there's not enough room in his car.
[00:00:26]  The kicker part was when he started to talk about his tires.
[00:00:30]  You know, I feel like that was a slap in the face.
[00:00:32]  That was like my tires, you know, like.
[00:00:35]  The driver said his tires could not handle her weight.
[00:00:39]  Every big person you turn on because they can't fit in your car?
[00:00:42]  Yeah, because they need to order the Uber XL.
[00:00:46]  No, I don't ever have to order Uber XL.
[00:00:49]  He apologized, canceled the ride and left her there.
[00:00:52]  The rapper says she's pretty tough.
[00:00:57]  Dank DeMoss, as she's known at the mic, is crushed by the whole situation.
[00:01:04]  It really hurt my feelings.
[00:01:06]  It looks like a lift might be hurting pretty soon too.
[00:01:09]  I knew it was illegal and I knew that it was wrong.
[00:01:11]  Her attorneys John Marco and Zack Runyon say weight is a protected characteristic in Michigan by law.
[00:01:17]  It would be no different than a driver pulling up and saying, you know, I don't want to have black people in my car or I don't want to have Christians in my car or Muslims in my car.
[00:01:26]  It's the same.
[00:01:27]  Under the law, it's the same.
[00:01:28]  The lawsuit is filed.
[00:01:30]  Since she posted the encounter on social media, other full-figured folks have reached out saying the same thing happened to them.
[00:01:37]  Okay, first off, let me say this.
[00:01:40]  I can't stand.
[00:01:43]  I can't stand when lawyers like that, greasy ambulance chasers, try to marry...
[00:01:51]  It's the same if I said I don't want black people in my...
[00:01:55]  He didn't say he didn't want a black person in his car.
[00:01:57]  His car was too low to the ground.
[00:01:59]  His tire pressure couldn't handle her weight.
[00:02:02]  I mean, obviously, the guy sounded like he was new to the country, in my opinion.
[00:02:06]  Sounded like a foreigner.
[00:02:07]  Sounded like he was probably from the Middle East.
[00:02:09]  I don't know.
[00:02:10]  And they're just used to being absolutely straight up.
[00:02:13]  And I feel bad for...
[00:02:14]  I know it was embarrassing, but the first thing that I would suggest is you don't need to put everything on camera.
[00:02:19]  And also...
[00:02:20]  What are you suing for?
[00:02:23]  Seriously, what are you suing for?
[00:02:26]  I'm sorry.
[00:02:27]  You get into some cars and you're that big, it is going to drop to the floor.
[00:02:32]  His car is already low.
[00:02:33]  Here's the issue.
[00:02:34]  And sadly, this exists and it's permeated the black community.
[00:02:39]  We've become a society where victimhood is a virtue.
[00:02:42]  We see this all the time, sadly.
[00:02:45]  I mean, I'm thinking beforehand.
[00:02:48]  Hey, I'm a big girl.

=== Punishing Lyft (00:23) ===

[00:02:49]  I'm a big dude.
[00:02:50]  You know, when I do fly, I always make sure, my wife makes sure, she gets me like this NC because I've got a smaller torso, but I got really long legs.
[00:03:00]  All right, so, all right, make sure I'm going to have to pay extra.
[00:03:03]  You're going to have to do that.
[00:03:05]  So she was embarrassed, so she decides to punish Lyft instead of take responsibility for herself, for her weight?