Influencer Kate Cassidy opened up about feeling “ridiculed” by the TSA after being questioned over her passport photo.
Cassidy, 27, took to TikTok on Friday, May 15, to claim she was accused of using someone else’s passport after getting work done. “I just got ridiculed at the Fort Lauderdale airport,” she said through tears.
“So, I’m at the security line and I gave the guy my passport and they do a photo of you and if it matches your passport, you get the green light and if it doesn’t, you get the red light,” she explained, noting she was stopped because her “photo didn’t match [her] appearance.”
@kateecass there are other ways to speak to people. this was so embarrassing. I’m just trying to fly home to see my sister graduate college.
Cassidy said the worker called over someone else to look at her photo, who “did a double take” to confirm it was a match. “This woman literally keeps going on and on about how, ‘This isn’t you. You’re giving me somebody else’s passport.’”
“She goes, ‘New nose? New lips? Something to your eyes? New hair?’” Cassidy said she then pulled out her ID to prove that it was actually her, but the worker still didn’t see the resemblance. “Those are three different people,” Cassidy claimed she was told.
She continued through tears, “I’m literally so f***ing embarrassed.” Cassidy also noted that she offered to pull up her social media accounts to prove it was her.
“Keep in mind, everyone in line is listening to this. I understand they’re doing their job [but] at the same time, I think there’s way better ways to handle things and word things,” she said. “There are other ways to speak to people. This was so embarrassing. I’m just trying to fly home to see my sister graduate college,” Cassidy captioned the post. Her followers shared their thoughts in the comments section.
“They don’t need to be mean! 💕🦋,” one commented, while a second added, “That’s NOT the way to handle that kind of situation.” A third follower suggested she “updates” her passport photo, writing, “ You’re gorgeous in both but there’s a lot of differences and if I didn’t know better, it does look like a different person. I’m not saying how they treated you was okay, but I can see why they asked for additional IDs.” Cassidy “liked” the comment.
The social media star, who dated Liam Payne for two years before his death in October 2024, has been candid about getting work done. In June 2025, she shared that she’s gotten lip filler, cheek filler, chin filler, Botox and a nose job.
