Southwest Airlines Dismayed to Discover Silent Bob Isn't

Smith's Tweeted Pic

Director Kevin Smith was not amused--or silent--after being ejected from a recent Southwest Airlines flight for being overweight. Smith had already been seated "with both armrests down" he said, in defense of his portliness, when the pilot himself declared him a "safety risk" due to his size and ordered him off the plane.

Smith resorted to the most violent form of protest currently known: Twitter.

"I know I'm fat," the 39-year-old wrote via Twitter. "But was Captain Leysath [sic] really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?"

His Twitter continued to heat up as he was offered a $100 voucher and a seat on another flight. "Articles say I was given $100 @SouthwestAir voucher. It was OFFERED: the way a john tosses a hooker a c-note after a hate-fucking. Said no."
(14 February 2010, 2:55 PM, PST)

Earlier, Kevin tweeted a message that may have revealed the true reason for his ejection:

"I'm way fat," Smith tweeted, "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 filling up recently

Apparently, the pilot had mistaken Kevin Smith, director of such indie hits as Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, as Peter Jackson, Director of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. When the pilot realized the best film Smith had ever created was Dogma, he grew livid and refused to fly the plane. In a final act of desperation, the flight attendants escorted the Jackson look-alike off the plane.


Peter Jackson accepting one of a gazillion awards a few years back

When you look at it this way, can you really blame him?

Sadly, If the captain had been following pop culture more closely, he would have known that Jackson had actually lost a ton of weight this last year, and no longer resembled Smith at all, possibly averting this whole debacle. Follow read more to see Peter Jackson's recent transformation.




Jackson before

Jackson after