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Joel Madden is up in arms over discrimination regarding his many tattoos. Apparently, an airline attendant told the rocker that he had to cover up his tattoos before he could board the British Airways flight.

He said yesterday, “Was just told by a british air person I can’t get on the plane till I cover my tatts. Should I fight the power?”

Afterward, he said that another attendant disagreed with the first, saying, “I really actually am in shock he won’t let me on the plane till I put long sleeves on and other BA rep is disagreeing.”

He went on to say that he hasn’t felt that small since asking Nicole Richie out and that he was embarrassed due to all of the people staring and laughing.

I’ve emailed British Airways (and you can too, at media.relations@ba.com, if you want more information on their policies.) Let’s see if they respond, I’m interested in knowing if the attendant involved was just singling Madden out or if they have an anti-tattoo policy.

Update: British Airways has told TMZ that the employee is being reprimanded:

A rep for British Airways just straight up told us the employee is being reprimanded — adding “we don’t understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don’t exist.”

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