Kevin Smith Rants On Being Pegged "Too Fat To Fly" (WARNING: Profanity)

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.

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

It was one of many Tweets recounting the actor/director's humiliating expulsion Saturday from the Oakland-to-Burbank, California, 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.

See full article at PEOPLE.com

Sources: People, CNN, Twitter, The Daily Beast, Southwest Airlines

Ivana Trump Goes Beserk On Plane! Kicked Off Flight 2377

Socialite Ivana Trump Kicked Off An Airliner After Foul-Mouthed Tirade At Noisy Children


Socialite Ivana Trump had to be escorted off a plane after launching a foul-mouthed tirade at noisy children.

The former wife of billionaire property mogul Donald Trump started screaming the F-word as several excited youngsters ran up and down the first-class aisle.

The grandmother of one became even angrier as flight attendants tried to calm her down, allegedly rushing towards the cockpit.

When the pilot asked her to leave the New York-bound flight before take-off, the hysterical Miss Trump refused to budge.

The former Olympic skier and model, 60 - who split from her much younger fourth husband this month - was eventually 'physically escorted' back to the terminal by security guards, officials said.

'From the initial contact until Miss Trump left the property, she was saying "f*** you" to all the deputies and called the children "little f******",' said a police spokesman.

'She was so belligerent towards other passengers and crew that the plane returned to the terminal.'

She had apparently started complaining as soon as she boarded the aircraft, demanding to be moved to another seat in first class.

At first she was said to have put on a set of headphones to block out the noise, but a crying baby sent her over the edge.

Passenger Vincent Cone said: 'She was swearing at the baby.

'The reason she got so upset was the children and she started screaming, "I want to go back home".

'The pilots asked her to leave and she sat back down and refused to leave. Then they went and got a security guy. She kept saying, "Let go of me!".

'Everyone was leaning into the aisle, trying to get a good look, saying how crazy she was and how annoyed they were at how she was delaying the flight.'

The ruckus meant the Delta-Northwest flight from Palm Beach, Florida, was postponed for two hours.

Miss Trump was not charged with any crime, however, and although the FBI was informed about the incident on Saturday, an investigation was not launched.

Her Italian husband, Rossano Rubicondi, 37, was said to be in Europe at the time that Miss Trump announced she was ending their 20-month marriage.

She said they had struggled to find time to get together while he mainly worked and lived in Italy and she was busy with hotel and resort development projects around the world.

Her spokesman was not available for comment last night.





Ivana Trump Removed From PBIA Flight



One of Palm Beach's most famous residents was forced off a flight Saturday afternoon after the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office says she became belligerent and aggrevated towards other passengers, including children.

Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump, was on Delta flight 2377 headed to New York when law enforcement says they had to physically remove her from the flight.

According to the Sheriff's Department, the pilot told them he got a call of a disturbance in first class after the plane pushed back from the gate at Palm Beach International and was headed towards the runway. The pilot made the decision to head back to the gate.

A press release from the Sheriff's Department says Trump was upset about children running up and down the aisle screaming and began using profanity about them.

Once the plane arrived back at the gate law enforcement was called. According to the Sheriff's Department the 60-year-old Trump was offered another seat and headphones by the flight crew.

According to the Sheriff's Department Trump then got "more Belligerent".

Sheriff's deputies said they verbally asked Trump to leave the flight when they arrived on the scene but she refused.

After several additional attempts deputies physically escorted Trump to the passenger waiting area inside the terminal where she was given the opportunity to reschedule her flight.

According to the Sheriff's Department the FBI was notified and declined to proceed further with the case.

Last week, Trump made news when she announced she was splitting up with her 4th husband Rossano Rubicondi.



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