Comedian Eric André says he was racially profiled at Australian airport

American comedian Eric André says he was racially profiled at Melbourne Airport in Australia.

American comedian Eric André says he was racially profiled at Melbourne Airport in Australia.

André, the Emmy-nominated host of “The Eric André Show,” said he was traveling from Los Angeles to Brisbane for a shoot and had a stopover in Melbourne, where he was “put in a special line” and “sniffed thoroughly by a dog.”

“It’s one of the many times I’ve been racially profiled at the airport,” André, 41, said in an Instagram video Sunday, warning viewers flying through Melbourne to “please be careful.”

“They are searching Black, brown and Indigenous people,” he said.

A spokesperson for the airport said in a statement Tuesday that “Melbourne Airport does not tolerate racism in any form.”

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