OTTAWA — The response to video of a popular Sikh fitness influencer being kicked out of a Windsor gym for wearing his kirpan while working out has not cost the employee her job.
In a statement, GoodLife Fitness confirmed to the Toronto Sun that the employee who challenged TikToker Gurpartap Singh Khalsa’s decision to wear his ceremonial dagger at the gym wasn’t fired, as some social media chatter had suggested.
Windsor, Ontario 🇨🇦
A Sikh claims he was racially targeted at GoodLife Fitness after an employee said she was scared because he was carrying a knife inside the gym and asked him to leave. pic.twitter.com/waRgMyttiA
— Nathan Cooke (@CelticAshes) July 16, 2026
I hope we can deport him after we melt down his religious symbol.
