Peter 's Blog: Kevin Smith: Too Fat to Fly?
I wish I could say that I was shocked to hear that actor, writer, comic-stud and funny man Kevin Smith was asked to leave a plane for being too fat but I wasn't. In addition to all the health risks involved with being over weight... there's also the social challenges such as teasing, lower pay and dating dilemmas. One thing Mr. Smith's espiodes shows is that being rich and famous doesn't relieve any of the issues that heavy people face.
Best wishes Mr. Smith.
I’ve had much of my humanity stripped away over the last week, as people discuss me as a concept, more than a person. The Southwest Air incident (or as it’s been called in the more polite corners of the internet, “ChubbyGate”) has hit home with folks, apparently.
"I'm way fat, but I'm not there just yet," and "If you look like me, you may be ejected from Southwest Air."
References and Citations
Daily Whisper. (n.d.). Kevin Smith Ejected From Flight Over Weight - Netscape Celebrity. Retrieved March 2, 2010, from http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/whisper.jsp?current=25.
Smith, K. (n.d.). My Boring Ass Life. Retrieved March 2, 2010, from http://silentbobspeaks.com/?40ac1f78.
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The director and actor says a pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, Calif., saying he didn't fit properly in a single seat.
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