Kevin Smith Kicked Off Southwest Flight for Being Too Fat

By PopEater Staff Posted Feb 14th 2010 09:22AM

Kevin Smith is not a happy Southwest customer.

The director was thrown off a flight from Oakland to Burbank, after being deemed too fat to fly. He would later end up on another Southwest flight and now he's expressing his anger on Twitter.

"Dear @SouthwestAir - I know I'm fat, but was Captain Leysath really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?" her began.

"Dear @SouthwestAir, I flew out in one seat, but right after issuing me a standby ticket, Oakland Southwest attendant Suzanne (wouldn't give last name) told me Captain Leysath deemed me a "safety risk". Again: I'm way fat... But I'm not THERE just yet. But if I am, why wait til my bag is up, and I'm seated WITH ARM RESTS DOWN. In front of a packed plane with a bunch of folks who'd already I.d.ed me as 'Silent Bob,'" Smith continued in a succession of several tweets.

Smith even posted a photo of himself on the plane.

Then he got a little angrier. "So, @SouthwestAir, go f--- yourself. I broke no regulation, offered no "safety risk" (what, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?). I was wrongly ejected from the flight (even Suzanne eventually agreed). And f--- your apologetic $100 voucher, @SouthwestAir. Thank God I don't embarrass easily (bless you, JERSEY GIRL training). But I don't sulk off either: so everyday, some new f----you Tweets for @SouthwestAir."

Southwest issued a response on Twitter. "I've read the tweets all night from @thatkevinsmith - He'll be getting a call at home from our Customer Relations VP tonight."

"@ThatKevinSmith Again, I'm very sorry for the experience you had tonight. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do," the Southwest twitterer added.

But Smith didn't stop. "The @SouthwestAir Diet. How it works: you're publicly shamed into a slimmer figure. Crying the weight right off has never been easier!"

And he wanted to let the airline know he had made it to his destination. "Hey @SouthwestAir! I've landed in Burbank. Don't worry: wall of the plane was opened & I was airlifted out while Richard Simmons supervised."

Tags: kevin smith, KevinSmith

Comments

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Sunday 14 February

By kevin

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Southwest has horrible service...I hate flying with them.

By GBLANK

Then don't fly them...

By mdcsl

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Sometimes the truth hurts. You admit to being fat, call yourself fat, and then when someone else calls you on it, you think its a crime. What, did they hurt your feelings or something by telling you the truth? When I find myself starting to put on a pound or two, I get off my butt and exercise a bit more to get it off. I've flown Southwest probably over a hundred times in my life and never had a problem with them.

By Angel

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Hey Gblank, that was really witty remark!

/sacarsm

By etirpsha

Then walk!

By dejeve

why the heck was Kevin Smith riding in coach anyways?!?!?!?

By leo

Kevin,, nobody forcing you to fly southwest.

By bgq5983

mdcsl,
So he needs to exercise. Remember, though, Southwest represents the Morality Police, too. They were the ones who deemed a young woman's skirt was too short and refused to fly her. I seldom fly, but I would never fly Southwest.

By BTDT

Bob should stay silent. He can't write for beans.

By Aubrey Hart

That's so shameful what they did to you, Kev. Believe me, they just lost a future customer as well.

By cmc

You can buy a second seat for half price!!!!! on most major airlines....it's a deal!! buy the seats,sit down and shut up!!!! or thin down!!!!!

By jagentmike

if you take up more than one seat that is your problem, not the person sitting next to you who now ends up with 1/2 a seat because you are spilling over into their seat. buy another seat, lose some weight, don't fly, whatever, it is your responsibilty deal with it.

By Richard

and I'm seated WITH ARM RESTS DOWN.

I guess with you being braindead you can't read? If the armrest is down then he isnt taking up anyones seat but his own. The big difference between this guy and you, he is fat and can lose weight, you are braindead and will be that way the rest of your life!!

Do you even know who the hell Kevin Smith is? Ya, he isnt skinny, but he isnt so big that they needed to throw him off of the plane, idiot. I also love the myth that all fat people eat pounds of foot. Im a very small person, they call me "little elf" at work. I know some very large people and I eat more than they do!! So to hell with your ignorant beliefs that all overweight over eat.

Im starting to think some of you people defending SW over this are baggage handlers or something for them.

By Raejean

Do they give refunds for smaller people who don't fill their entire seat?

Tuesday 16 February

By mango

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He did buy 2 seats...that's what everyone is NOT getting...hey spent the money for 2. He wasn't bothering anyone. and it's not a flight risk, i used to work for an airline.

By stitch841

Lets all boycott the airlines. There control is terrible. There are many other airlines out there. Lets show Southwest we dont need them, they need us.

By mike

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believe me they will make it just fine without you.

Wednesday 17 February

By annie

stitch, that would be cutting of your nose to spite your face.
though I suspect you are being facetious. Maybe we should be trying to get along and not gets so nutsy about EVERYTHING. Lighten up.

By happiroc

I love flying SW

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