An alleged airplane standoff prompted a "Yellowstone" performer to speak out. On Saturday, Lloyd Pierce star Forrie J. Smith said on Instagram that he was booted from a flight for refusing to sit next to a mask-wearing passenger.
Smith informed supporters in a video from an airport that he "just got kicked off a plane" because he "told them that I didn't feel comfortable sitting next to somebody with a mask on." He mentioned sitting in the Houston airport for "three hours.
Smith did not identify his airline. contacted an actor representative for comment. Smith said in his video that he had "been drinking" but denied being "drunk," claiming this was why he was removed from the flight.
Because you won't speak up and tell everyone what (crap) this is, they threw me off the plane because I'm intoxicated "said. "I just told them I didn't feel comfortable about sitting next to somebody that had to wear a mask, and I'm off the plane."
Smith appeared on "Better Call Saul," and worked on "2 Guns" and "Hell or High Water," according to IMDB. Kevin Costner reveals he battled for 'Yellowstone' revival. The actor skipped the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where "Yellowstone" was nominated, due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
"I will not get vaccinated," he claimed in a video. "I haven't been vaccinated since childhood. I don't vaccinate dogs. I don't vaccine horses. Never got a flu vaccination. I never will."
Since 2022, domestic flights have not required masks, but the CDC says they can "help protect others who cannot avoid being in crowded places when they are traveling" and are especially vulnerable.
One Instagram user asked Smith how he knows the individual wearing a mask "doesn't have cancer and just is going through chemotherapy or something else that warrants them wearing one?" Another follower said, "I always wore a mask when visiting my hospice-cared-for mother. This saddens me as a fan."
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