Uber CEO speaks out on driver who kicked lesbian couple out of his car

In an interview with the New York Post, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addressed an incident that occurred over the weekend where an Uber driver kicked a lesbian couple out of his car for kissing. The couple, Emma Pichl, 24, and her girlfriend of two years, Alex Iovine, 26, were being driven by Ahmad El Boutari when “we got over the Manhattan Bridge into the city. We were sitting on opposite sides of the backseat. At one point we leaned over and pecked kiss, very fast,” Pichl told The Post Monday.

The driver allegedly then “pulled the cab over and said ‘you should not do that…do not do that.’”

In response, Khosrowshahi has said drivers like Ahmad El Boutari “don’t belong on Uber… I think they don’t belong driving period. This is an open society and Uber is a platform that is available to anybody regardless of your background, your orientation, and that is sacred to us. It’s an unfortunate circumstance and we will do everything we can for that not to repeat.”

The incident was partially caught on video.

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