Ryanair passenger filmed vulgarly against his mate says he is "not racist"

The man who became viral after being captured in video with racist language against a passenger sitting on a Ryanair flight claims he is "not racist" and apologized for his behavior.

David Mesher said Friday at ITV's "Good Morning Britain" that he regretted the words he had used with regard to passenger Delsie Gayle. Mesher said that he had "probably" lost his "coolness" when he had asked Gayle to move in order to get to the window.

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"I had to go to the window seat and said," I have to go to the window seat, "and there seemed to be no answer," Mesher explained. "And then, I asked her again, I said," I have to go to the window seat, "and she did not seem to want to get up or seemed to do it, and then I went probably lost my calm and ordered her to get up. "

Mesher and Gayle were on a Barcelona-London flight on October 19th. A viral video shared by David Lawrence, a resident of the United Kingdom, showed Mesher vulgar language against Gayle.

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"Do not speak to me in a foreign language, my stupid cow," he said. Later, he called him "dirty black bastard".

When asked if he regretted the words he had used, Mesher replied, "Oh, absolutely."

"I'm absolutely not racist and I think it's just a tantrum at the time," he continued.

Mesher said that if he had the chance to talk to Gayle, he would apologize for "all the distress you've had there and since."

Gayle also appeared in "Good Morning Britain" with her daughter Carol Gayle, who was also on the plane. Gayle rejected Mesher's apology.

"I do not think you have to forget and forgive, but it will take me a long time to overcome what he's done," Gayle said to the question of whether she would accept his apology.

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Gayle said she had trouble eating and sleeping since the incident.

"I was so depressed, I was shaking and all I was doing was crying, crying, crying, crying, I can not sleep," she said.

As a result of the incident, Ryanair was criticized for not having removed Mesher from the flight. In a statement to Fox News, the airline said it became aware of the viral video on October 20 before reporting it immediately to the police. Ryanair said that she had apologized to the passenger for what had happened and that the police in Essex and Barcelona were investigating.

"We again reiterate our sincere apologies to the passenger for the regrettable and unacceptable remarks that an adjacent female passenger made to her, and we believe that by immediately reporting this matter to the Essex Police and apologizing to wrote this client on Sunday morning, Ryanair treated her with the urgency and seriousness she deserved, "said Robin Kiely, Ryanair.

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"We hope that this statement will deal with the inaccurate media coverage of this incident in recent days and that the legal rights of both passengers will be respected, while the police departments of Essex and Barcelona will conduct their investigation into this case, with the full cooperation of Ryanair. and assistance. "

Michael Bartiromo of Fox News contributed to this report.