The man who became meme-famous in 2020 as “Racist Burger King” has finally had his backstory revealed. He didn’t go to Jamaica for a vacation. He flew there to marry a woman he had met on Facebook. She took $1,000 for wedding preparations, which was all he could scrounge. Then she disappeared, and he wound up sleeping on the beach. The U.S. Embassy ultimately bought him a ticket home.
That is how Ryan Brewer wound up wearing a Burger King crown on a JetBlue flight from Kingston to New York JFK, shouting racial slurs at passengers and crew. And the Burger King crown? It was where he found cheap eats, because he had little money.
https://t.co/x8Wa6Wu0yv Man wearing Burger King crown yells N-word on JetBlue flight, dumps water on flight attendant – “Kick that n—-r b—h off the plane!” pic.twitter.com/snpRZGj7RN
— lovelyti (@lovelyti) October 24, 2020
Reportedly the woman seated near him looked like the woman who had taken his money, at least that’s how his mind processed things. However, while this expose’ says he was never seen again after a second airline (American Airlines) removed him as well… He was.
Racist Burger King Flew To Jamaica To Marry A Woman He Met On Facebook
The man was originally identified as Ryan Anthony Brewer. His family contacted Jamaican authorities, saying he had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Brewer reportedly arrived in Jamaica on September 12, 2020 expecting to marry his “Jamaican princess,” a woman he had met on Facebook.
He told airport security that he gave her $1,000 for wedding preparations. She left, stopped answering him on Facebook, and never returned. He said this was most of the money he had. He was ashamed to go home after telling people he was getting married, and reportedly slept on a beach for several nights.
The U.S. Embassy purchased his return ticket on JetBlue, which would have been covered by a repatriation loan, which is a standard program to cover transportation, temporary food and lodging, and immediate medical needs. The borrower’s passport can be restricted until repayment.
This follows what Brewer told airport security, along with reports from a woman who overheard him in the terminal, and statements from his family.
JetBlue Removed And Banned Him. Then He Tried American.
On the JetBlue flight, things began with a dispute over overhead bin space prior to departure. Brewer argued with a Black female passenger, repeatedly used the N-word, and was eventually removed by Jamaican police in handcuffs. JetBlue banned him.
Within days he tried to leave Jamaica again, this time on American Airlines. He was still wearing the crown. He used the same slur, claimed he was only talking to himself, invoked “freedom of speech,” and warned surrounding passengers not to “swing your Covid all over me.” American kicked him off, too.
Despite internet lore, that was not the last anyone saw of him. In spring 2021 he was filmed on an American Airlines flight from New York JFK to Fort Lauderdale.
The Backstory
He spent his life savings reaching Jamaica, handed over thousands of dollars, survived by scrounging up money for Burger King, and then lost control because the passenger beside him resembled the woman who broke his heart. Unable or too embarrassed to return home, he wound up sleeping on a beach.
This is hardly the only time an online romance has produced an airport scene. The FBI says reported confidence and romance fraud losses run about $1 billion annually.
- A Dutch man flew to Changsha to meet an internet girlfriend, waited ten days in the airport, and was hospitalized. She said she thought the ticket he sent was a joke and had turned off her phone while having plastic surgery.
- A British man planned to fly to Rome to marry a woman he had met only recently. He went to the restroom at Heathrow and returned to find her, £5,000, and all of the luggage gone.
- Just last month, a 51-year-old flew to Fortaleza after four days without sleep to meet and marry his online girlfriend that same day. He wound up hospitalized.
Ryan Brewer has a YouTube channel. It’s about what you’d expect.
This is hysterical. “Stupid is as stupid does”
Meth….it’s a hell of a drug.
Off topic ..Gary ..heading to Tokyo in 3w….what’s the sushi place you swear by?
@Shaun — In Tokyo? Any of them.
Looking at the pictures, one can tell his IQ is below average. This kind of guy only behaves badly when there is no big African American guys around.
@Shaun – I haven’t been recently enough to offer confident recommendations about what’s best today outside of the very top places. Though if you’re not looking at Michelin starred places I’d suggest Hakkoku in Ginza (but not cheap).
@Gary Leff — Sure, Michelin, but, like, if @Shaun is just some dude from Texas visiting Japan for the first time and has only ever been to Benihana… I think he’s gonna get his mind and mouth blown, literally anywhere he goes in Tokyo.
©1990 I’m a bond trader from Chicago who’s been to 39 countries….so rich, well travelled and gay to boot….so not hanging with the Tee Cruz apple vacation crowd. The reason I asked was because there was some sushi place Gary talked about for like 15 years. I rarely agree with him but anyone as well traveled as him I’ll take his food recs at face value
@Shaun — I take it all back! Good question! (Coming from someone who’s been to almost 100 countries and has enjoyed quite a few decent omakases in NYC and TYO over the years.) May you enjoy all the uni, toro, roe, abalone, eel, and fugu (if you dare!) Safe travels! Ki o tsukete!
(Wonder how your experience will compare with Chicago’s Mako and Yume…)
@Gary Leff — You ever been to Tatsu in Dallas? The lone star Japanese… in the lone star state… *slaps knee*
Stupidity has consequences.
Lonely men, grabbing at straws to find love/companionship, do sad. It’s tragic when con artists fleece them of what little they typically have. They’re still not as bad as those who pray on the aged/pushing-senility crowd. But, scum nonetheless. I have a near perfect scheme to avoid con artists. Everybody I know has a special ring tone. And, all of them text me anyway. Thus, I never answer the phone. If it is important, they can leave a voice mail. Guess how often they do? Yep, virtually never.
@This comes to mind — You don’t need special ring-tones to simply not-answer spam calls, but, you do you… Ohio. (How’s Europe going?)
It would seem this person is not stupid but mentally ill, and there is a difference.