Alanis Morissette Left Scarred By Airport Wheelchair Experiences.

27-07-2008 10:30

Alanis Morissette....

Alanis Morissette has a new-found empathy for those who need wheelchair assistance at airports after spending two months hobbling around Europe.The singer developed a "bum heel" just before her recent European tour and was advised to keep her weight off her heel at all times and accept wheelchair assistance at airports.But the experience left her terrified - because wheelchair handlers at airports are among the most abusive people on the planet.

She explains, "I have a memory in Italy where this one gentleman... was pushing me really quickly towards this post and he was on his cellphone, so I screamed at him."And then this other woman in another country was pushing me into the elevator, just ramming me in and I just had this huge empathy with elderly people and all these people who are pushed in wheelchairs at airports - it's not what you think, they're being abused".