http://www.latimes.com/en...5231.story

Hollywood directors have long been known to throw their weight around to get what they want. But over the weekend, on a Burbank-bound Southwest Airlines flight, indie auteur Kevin Smith took that cherished convention to a new extreme.

The plus-sized writer-director behind such potty-mouthed comedies as "Clerks," "Dogma" and 2008's "Zack & Miri Make a Porno" was kicked off a plane at Oakland International Airport on Saturday, allegedly because the captain deemed Smith's obesity a "safety risk" to other passengers.

Now of course this has nothing whatsoever to do with his upcoming movie release.

That's discrimination.

What? No extension belt or whatever they call them? That's bullshit. He's no safety risk. Dumb ass captain.



Seriously tho, Kevin needs to eat more veggies..... and maybe some more pussy...unless wifey is overweight too and they just aren't having sex.


Yep, I'd smash.

And thus the new buddy film/documentary "Roadtrip" co-directed by and starring Kevin Smith and Michael Moore begins filming.

squirrelgrease said:

I guess it would have to be a roadtrip.

...Air and sea would seem to be out of the question.

He's not relevant anymore so he has to bitch about something.

Ummmm, he is TOO fat and that fucka KNOWS it. He ALWAYS buys two seats when he flies on Southwest and changed his flight at the last minute from one where he already had two seats to one where there was only one seat available. It wasn't until he sat in the seat that they realized he was not going to fit comfortably with the armrest down. That is their policy and he's BEEN knowing that since he's BEEN buying two seats up until now.

I haven't read his blog or whatever, but it sounds like he's left these lil details out. I usually love me some Kevin Smith but he's wrong on this one IMO.

I just think he should lose some weight so he wouldn't have to smoke so much in order to get high.

SCNDLS said:

You just said that you haven't listened to him directly, that you're taking the news by word of mouth. You're giving him the business for being too fat to fly and being ignorant and whiny.

Well, read HIS words on his twitter and listen to HIS story on his SModcast.

Dauphin said:

I'm going by what the airline statement saud which I happened to see on the local news since Southwest is based outta Dallas. I don't care that much about him or any other celeb to follow them on twitter. Nothing they have to say is that important to me.

My only question is: Does he dispute the airline's assertion that he routinely buys TWO seats when he flies on Southwest? If he does in fact buy two seats, then that says to me that he KNOWS their policy. He already had TWO seats on another flight and he chose at the last minute to switch to a full flight. There is no disputing the fact that he's a wide load, to say the least, and therefore should be prepared to de-plane if two seats aren't available.

His side is that he can buckle the seatbelt and put both armrests down just fine, so he fits into one seat. He buys two most of the time cause he can afford the extra for comfort.

I agree with moving a passenger who can't fit into one seat or are "taking over" the seat next to them, but it sounds like they handled it poorly and there's some question as to whether he could truly fit or not.

The airline apologized.

Can we tell him he's too fat to make movies?

Ace said:

CarrieMpls said:

Chile, "extra comfort" is a euphemism for "my wide ass needs more room."

I went to a KS Q&A in October last year and I was amazed at how much weight he had put on.
His reason behind it is because he smokes so much weed now that he has the munchies all the time

I love this quote from one of the posters:

"I'm so glad Mr. Smith has so much time on his hand that he can "tweet" constantly. Maybe he'd be better served to use that time to go for a walk instead?"

Kevin Smith could get it.

uPtoWnNY said:

If I had Kevin Smith money, I'd have a personal trainer and a healthy personal chef.

I followed Kevin on twitter for a couple of weeks and hes a complete asshole.

sammij said:

Mmhmm

I have such an incurable fetish for thick guys or,,,,"bears"

Harlepolis said:

That's the thing - I don't.
But him?

sammij said:

Why him, though?

Harlepolis said:

He's quirky, I like his voice, and he's cute - and his humour is a lil rough, but more times than not he manages to make me laugh

sammij said:

Other than Clerks(Which I LOVED), I've only been fimiliar with that infamous press confrence

If the bra fits

And he is def adorable

Morris Day said "you ain't too fat to fly"! I seriously thought this was a thread about "The Bird"!

novabrkr said:

o m g

Didn't the captain tell him he had exceeded seating space capacity or some shit? It was worded in such a crazy way.


How to call somebody fat without calling them fat.


I'm afraid you have exceeded maximum capacity.

You are quite encircling.

You have a substantial amount of mass.

You have such portly eyes.

Did you know you resemble Saturn?

Sorry, we don't sell 534x.

DesireeNevermind said:

I'm done . . .

. . . but what's really ironical is that this is the same dude that made fun of Prince for getting his sweats in the boys department at Nordstrom. Well, P can't help that he's vertically challenged but ain't no excuse for the amount of weight KS gained in the past year and maybe he's in denial about how big he's gotten and needed a wake up call. Instead of clowing Southwest he needs to consider making some lifestyle changes.