Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' to Fly Southwest
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.Turns out "Silent Bob" is:
"You [messed] with the wrong sedentary processed-foods eater!" Smith, whose next film, Cop Out, comes out Feb. 26, posted on Twitter.
a) A publicity whore; and
b) More correctly references as Silent Blob
Next time, buy two seats you cheap bastard.
That is all.
8 comments:
He did buy two seats, Olive Oil. He was put on standby on another flight and they only had one seat available. You need to lighten up on the fat kids, buddy. You may need to stand on my lee side in a blizzard someday.
:p
He actually did buy two seats. But when SW moved him to an earlier flight there was only room for one of his seats.
He has a valid point. SW should have told him in advance that the earlier flight could only accommodate one of his seats.
Oops, Don beat me to it.
And Don, Jay WAS the fat guy once.
Let's not throw rocks.
Don, the way I read it is that he *chose* to go standby on an earlier flight. If they'd bumped him he'd have a point.
In any case, it's a temptest in a teapot; I just wanted to use the phrase "Silent Blob"...
:)
Alan, my read on the story is that it was his choice to go standby. Them's the breaks - if there's only one seat available, he should have been prepared for this.
In any case, like I said, I was just going for the cheap laugh afforded by "Silent Blob".
And thanks, but I'm probably the worst (after TD) for anti-fat-kid bias, seeing as how I've BTDT...
Kinda like reformed smokers... ;)
Kevin Smith pretty much peaked with "Clerks."
I know you're not insensitive to the concerns of fat guys, having been a former fat guy yourself...
... but Southwest is the asshole in this story. They have a long history of discriminating against overweight people.
Heck, *I* am considerably bigger than Kevin Smith, and I fit into a standard business class seat. Granted, it's a tight fit, but I don't bulge into someone else's area, either.
He had already sat down and was buckled in when they made him get off. From everything I have seen, he was in the seat and not bulging over when he was kicked off.
He's damn funny when he shows up on O&A.
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