Jack Fowler opened up about the ordeal on Instagram (Picture: Instagram)
Love Island star Jack Fowler has detailed a terrifying reaction he had onboard a flight after consuming nuts, despite repeatedly warning staff of his allergy.
Jack, 27, appeared on the 2018 edition of the ITV juggernaut series, where he was dumped from the villa on day 53, after coupling up with Laura Crane.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the reality TV star spoke about the ordeal, saying his ‘throat closed up’ when he was served nut, but described himself as ‘extremely lucky.’
He had immediately noticed something was wrong with the vanilla ice cream and spat it out before discovering crushed pistachio nuts were hidden within it.
Jack, who said he was left struggling to breathe, explained it was the second time during his flight with Qatar Airways that he had been served nuts, having been offered pastries with nuts after boarding the plane.
He wrote on Instagram: ‘I told @qatarairways hostess’s five times I was anaphylactic to nuts (life threatening allergy). As well as asking for reassurance when every meal was served to me, that it was nut free.
‘To be given nuts TWICE is such a massive failure from @qatarairways. Within seconds I couldn’t breath properly after eating the crushed pistachio nuts beneath my vanilla Ice cream.
Jack Fowler, with his Dad in the second picture, has a severe nut allergy (Picture: Instagram)
Jack said he could have died if he had eaten nuts (Picture: Instagram)
‘My throat closed and my tongue felt like it was swelling. I was told the vanilla ice cream was my safest option. It wasn’t. @qatarairways you have failed in so many ways. I’m extremely lucky. The next person might not be.’
Jack Fowler was served nuts despite telling hostesses about his allergy (Picture: Instagram)
In the post, the reality star warned all airlines that more needed to be done to protect those with severe dietary requirements.
The ice cream incident came an hour after Jack had detailed on social media what he thought was a lucky escape avoiding nuts on a pastry that he was served.
He wrote on his Instagram story: ‘I told my airhost at the beginning of the flight that I am anaphylactic to all nuts (extremely allergic to nuts). He made a note and assured me it wouldn’t be a problem.
Jack said he felt his ‘throat close up’ after consuming nuts (Picture: Instagram)
‘After selecting my meals, I was later served pastries with nuts on it. Thankfully I spotted them and didn’t eat it. And when notifying my hostess about it, he was extremely sorry.
‘But this is the kind of situation could’ve gone soooo bad. Me eating a nut in the air despite me even taking an EpiPen, would have caused me to have a serious shock and quite possibly die.
‘We would have had to divert and land in order for me to get treated in time. Moral of this story is: If you’re a flight attendant reading this, make sure you have a system that works and prevents this type of this from happening.’
In the post, he also encouraged allergy sufferers to speak up and not to ‘feel like you are being a nuisance’ for having a dietary requirement.
Fellow Love Island stars Montana Brown, Ellie Brown, Wes Nelson and Kaz Crossley all shared messages of relief that he had survived the incident on Instagram.
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Meanwhile, musician Tom Zanetti said: ‘That’s insane. Glad u knew what u was u doing and glad ur ok pal.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted Qatar Airways for comment.
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Jack said he felt his ‘throat close up.’
