
Report: Cannes Security ‘Turned Away Amputee in Flat Shoes’
Officials at the Cannes Film Festival denied allegations this week that security had turned women away from red carpet screenings because they were not wearing high heels.

Officials at the Cannes Film Festival denied allegations this week that security had turned women away from red carpet screenings because they were not wearing high heels.

In what is now being referred to as “flatgate,” the Cannes Film Festival has come under fire for allegedly shunning women, even the elderly or those with medical conditions, from red carpet screenings because they opted to wear flat shoes over high heels.