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**luv** · 02-15-2010, 10:41 PM

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Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest

Kevin Smith, sitting on a second Southwest Air flight

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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.

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.

Cannibal · 02-16-2010, 01:18 PM

People do need to get off their asses and drop weight, but lets face it, most airplane's seats are designed for a 120lb woman. I'm 6'-3" and I have to use a "wide stance" because my knees are jammed into the seat in front of me. When the ahole in front of me decides he needs to recline to take a fuggin 2 hour nap it makes it even worse. I find myself having to put the Skymall magazine between my knees and the seat to help diffuse the pressure.

**** airplane travel, I wouldn't do it at all if my job didn't demand it. These assholes know that many have no choice but to do their business travel on airplanes.

Cannibal · 02-16-2010, 01:20 PM

BTW... someone invent a teleportation device STAT! (one that won't explode me into a quadrillion atoms when I go through the other side....)

Mr. Laz · 02-16-2010, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannibal

BTW... someone invent a teleportation device STAT! (one that won't explode me into a quadrillion atoms when I go through the other side....)

fat people have more atoms they will overload the teleporter

Inspector · 02-16-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannibal

BTW... someone invent a teleportation device STAT! (one that won't explode me into a quadrillion atoms when I go through the other side....)

Already been done but you come out with a fly head.

Cannibal · 02-16-2010, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Laz

fat people have more atoms they will overload the teleporter

I'm sure something like that probably would happen.

"Bob" Dobbs · 02-17-2010, 01:02 PM

**luv** · 02-17-2010, 05:53 PM

I was talking to a coworker about this coming back from lunch yesterday. Another coworker was like, "Who is Kevin Smith?" I said, "Silent Bob?" She still had no idea. The other coworker and I started naming off movies he directed/was in. She had not seen ANY of them! I took her the three I own today, so she could borrow them and watch them. Dogma, Clerks, and Clerks 2.

"Bob" Dobbs · 02-17-2010, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by luv

I was talking to a coworker about this coming back from lunch yesterday. Another coworker was like, "Who is Kevin Smith?" I said, "Silent Bob?" She still had no idea. The other coworker and I started naming off movies he directed/was in. She had not seen ANY of them! I took her the three I own today, so she could borrow them and watch them. Dogma, Clerks, and Clerks 2.

All 3 of those films are in MY all-time Top 20.

JD10367 · 02-17-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by "Bob" Dobbs

All 3 of those films are in MY all-time Top 20.

Never saw "Clerks 2". "Clerks" was hilarious, especially given the budget. "Dogma" is definitely in my top twenty. Some of the conversations they have are both hilarious and insightful. You can tell KS was a former altar boy.

"Bob" Dobbs · 02-17-2010, 08:26 PM

Have you seen Zack & Miri? Better than I thought it'd be.

"Bob" Dobbs · 02-17-2010, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

Never saw "Clerks 2". "Clerks" was hilarious, especially given the budget. "Dogma" is definitely in my top twenty. Some of the conversations they have are both hilarious and insightful. You can tell KS was a former altar boy.

Clerks 2 was pretty good, I thought. Think Clerks WITH a plot.

02-15-2010, 10:41 PM
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02-16-2010, 01:18 PM	#76
Cannibal Better to burn out... Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bible Thumping Country Casino cash: $10010618	People do need to get off their asses and drop weight, but lets face it, most airplane's seats are designed for a 120lb woman. I'm 6'-3" and I have to use a "wide stance" because my knees are jammed into the seat in front of me. When the ahole in front of me decides he needs to recline to take a fuggin 2 hour nap it makes it even worse. I find myself having to put the Skymall magazine between my knees and the seat to help diffuse the pressure. **** airplane travel, I wouldn't do it at all if my job didn't demand it. These assholes know that many have no choice but to do their business travel on airplanes.
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02-16-2010, 01:20 PM	#77
Cannibal Better to burn out... Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Bible Thumping Country Casino cash: $10010618	BTW... someone invent a teleportation device STAT! (one that won't explode me into a quadrillion atoms when I go through the other side....)
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02-17-2010, 05:53 PM	#82
luv You think you can get by this? Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $-1170000	I was talking to a coworker about this coming back from lunch yesterday. Another coworker was like, "Who is Kevin Smith?" I said, "Silent Bob?" She still had no idea. The other coworker and I started naming off movies he directed/was in. She had not seen ANY of them! I took her the three I own today, so she could borrow them and watch them. Dogma, Clerks, and Clerks 2.
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02-17-2010, 08:26 PM	#85
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