Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest

big kumara · 02-14-2010, 09:10 PM

http://www.people.com/people/article...344142,00.html

Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest

By Bob Meadows
Sunday February 14, 2010 04:10 PM EST

Kevin Smith's most famous role is a guy who rarely speaks. But he's got a lot to say – much of it profane – after being kicked off a Southwest Air flight because he didn't fit comfortably into the seat.

"You [messed] with the wrong sedentary processed-foods eater!" Smith, whose next film, Cop Out, comes out Feb. 26, posted on Twitter.

It was one of many Tweets recounting the actor/director's humiliating expulsion Saturday from the Oakland-to-Burbank, Calif. flight. Southwest said in a statement airline officials had called Smith to offer their "heartfelt apologies," but also stated his removal was for the "safety and comfort of all customers."

Smith, 39, originally purchased two tickets "as he's been known to do when traveling Southwest," the airline noted, but when he decided to fly standby on an earlier flight, only one seat remained. Although he had been seated, he was asked to leave.

"If a customer cannot comfortably lower the armrest and infringes on a portion of another seat, a customer seated adjacent would be very uncomfortable and a timely exit from the aircraft in the event of an emergency might be compromised if we allow a cramped, restricted seating arrangement," Southwest said.

I'm Fat

Smith, who played Silent Bob in his Clerks movies and who has battled his weight for years – "I know I'm fat," he confesses – was given a $100 voucher and arrived in Burbank on a later flight. But he was in no mood to accept an apology.

"I broke no regulation, offered no 'safety risk' (what, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?)" he Tweeted. "I saw someone bigger than me on THAT flight! But I wasn't about to throw a fellow Fatty under the plane as I'm being profiled. But he & I made eye contact, & he was like 'Please don't tell...'"

After landing in Burbank, Smith wrote, "Don't worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised."

Smith added that while the ordeal was embarrassing, his "Jersey Girl training" (the 2004 flop starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez) was helping him cope.

• Additional reporting by CHAMP CLARK

Kreij · 02-14-2010, 09:21 PM

Quote:

"Don't worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised."

Now that's funny.

big kumara · 02-14-2010, 11:55 PM

I saw him on Letterman (I think) last year...I was kinda shocked how big he had gotten. He talked about his weight and how he broke a toilet off a wall somewhere. He said he was working on his weight problem, but apparently he hasn't had much success. I think he's going to need some professional help to get the weight off.

DirectorC · 02-15-2010, 12:06 AM

Hahah don't get me wrong I love Kevin Smith and most of his movies but he is arrogant about his weight and that's why he is fat. If he says he is working on losing the weight then he himself doesn't believe that. His post-landing joke is hilarious but it shows just how arrogant he is about his weight and that he doesn't feel he has to lose weight. If I had the money he did I wouldn't have time to sit around getting fat, but I guess that he is unfortunately not a worldly man. I want his money so I can go travel the world and forget all about primetime TV and ice scream. In the mean time, I'll be sticking to my low carb diet, which I would seriously urge Kevin to give a try. At least HE can afford all the steak he wants, I have to eat pork rinds and Slim Jims.

MRCL · 02-15-2010, 12:17 AM

He doesn't look that fat to me. Maybe that airline has very tight seats. I mean I flew with some old Fokker (yes thats an aircraft brand) alst year and even for me there wasn't much room, and I'm considered skinny.

1Kurgan1 · 02-15-2010, 06:13 AM

I'm with MRCL here, he is over weight, but honestly, he isn't that fat.

yogurt_21 · 02-15-2010, 04:34 PM

unless he's gotten huge and I didn't notice I'm kinda surprised here. Maybe the flight attendants were catholic and hated dogma?

I mean shoot I remeber flying southwest and the girl mext to me had to be over 350, she started to ooze into my seat. They didn't boot her off.

DaveK · 02-15-2010, 04:36 PM

I haven't seen him recently, but I never considered him that big, he was pretty fat last time I saw him but nothing extreme.

02-14-2010, 09:10 PM	#1
big kumara Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Dakota Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Dislikes: 0 Disliked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest http://www.people.com/people/article...344142,00.html Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest By Bob Meadows Sunday February 14, 2010 04:10 PM EST Kevin Smith's most famous role is a guy who rarely speaks. But he's got a lot to say – much of it profane – after being kicked off a Southwest Air flight because he didn't fit comfortably into the seat. "You [messed] with the wrong sedentary processed-foods eater!" Smith, whose next film, Cop Out, comes out Feb. 26, posted on Twitter. It was one of many Tweets recounting the actor/director's humiliating expulsion Saturday from the Oakland-to-Burbank, Calif. flight. Southwest said in a statement airline officials had called Smith to offer their "heartfelt apologies," but also stated his removal was for the "safety and comfort of all customers." Smith, 39, originally purchased two tickets "as he's been known to do when traveling Southwest," the airline noted, but when he decided to fly standby on an earlier flight, only one seat remained. Although he had been seated, he was asked to leave. "If a customer cannot comfortably lower the armrest and infringes on a portion of another seat, a customer seated adjacent would be very uncomfortable and a timely exit from the aircraft in the event of an emergency might be compromised if we allow a cramped, restricted seating arrangement," Southwest said. I'm Fat Smith, who played Silent Bob in his Clerks movies and who has battled his weight for years – "I know I'm fat," he confesses – was given a $100 voucher and arrived in Burbank on a later flight. But he was in no mood to accept an apology. "I broke no regulation, offered no 'safety risk' (what, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?)" he Tweeted. "I saw someone bigger than me on THAT flight! But I wasn't about to throw a fellow Fatty under the plane as I'm being profiled. But he & I made eye contact, & he was like 'Please don't tell...'" After landing in Burbank, Smith wrote, "Don't worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised." Smith added that while the ordeal was embarrassing, his "Jersey Girl training" (the 2004 flop starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez) was helping him cope. • Additional reporting by CHAMP CLARK

02-15-2010, 04:34 PM	#7
yogurt_21 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 3,464 Thanks: 7,357 Thanked 1,672 Times in 993 Posts Dislikes: 69 Disliked 20 Times in 17 Posts	unless he's gotten huge and I didn't notice I'm kinda surprised here. Maybe the flight attendants were catholic and hated dogma? I mean shoot I remeber flying southwest and the girl mext to me had to be over 350, she started to ooze into my seat. They didn't boot her off. __________________ 1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd. 3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time! 1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one; Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

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02-14-2010, 11:55 PM	#3
big kumara Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Dakota Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts Dislikes: 0 Disliked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I saw him on Letterman (I think) last year...I was kinda shocked how big he had gotten. He talked about his weight and how he broke a toilet off a wall somewhere. He said he was working on his weight problem, but apparently he hasn't had much success. I think he's going to need some professional help to get the weight off.

02-15-2010, 12:06 AM	#4
DirectorC Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tampa Way Posts: 339 Thanks: 27 Thanked 28 Times in 26 Posts Dislikes: 0 Disliked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hahah don't get me wrong I love Kevin Smith and most of his movies but he is arrogant about his weight and that's why he is fat. If he says he is working on losing the weight then he himself doesn't believe that. His post-landing joke is hilarious but it shows just how arrogant he is about his weight and that he doesn't feel he has to lose weight. If I had the money he did I wouldn't have time to sit around getting fat, but I guess that he is unfortunately not a worldly man. I want his money so I can go travel the world and forget all about primetime TV and ice scream. In the mean time, I'll be sticking to my low carb diet, which I would seriously urge Kevin to give a try. At least HE can afford all the steak he wants, I have to eat pork rinds and Slim Jims.

02-15-2010, 12:17 AM	#5
MRCL Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 2,981 Thanks: 239 Thanked 1,374 Times in 780 Posts Dislikes: 3 Disliked 12 Times in 9 Posts	He doesn't look that fat to me. Maybe that airline has very tight seats. I mean I flew with some old Fokker (yes thats an aircraft brand) alst year and even for me there wasn't much room, and I'm considered skinny.

02-15-2010, 06:13 AM	#6
1Kurgan1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Duluth, MN Posts: 3,610 Thanks: 1,477 Thanked 3,827 Times in 1,147 Posts Dislikes: 58 Disliked 18 Times in 14 Posts	I'm with MRCL here, he is over weight, but honestly, he isn't that fat.

02-15-2010, 04:36 PM	#8
DaveK Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 2,240 Thanks: 286 Thanked 523 Times in 325 Posts Dislikes: 0 Disliked 1 Time in 1 Post	I haven't seen him recently, but I never considered him that big, he was pretty fat last time I saw him but nothing extreme.

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