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- Forrie Smith said he was kicked off a flight after refusing to sit next to a masked passenger.
- The “Yellowstone” actor had already spoken out against vaccines.
- The anti-vaccine movement gained momentum in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forrie Smith said in a Instagram video Saturday that he was “kicked” off a plane after he refused to sit next to a passenger wearing a mask.
Smith, known for his role in the Western drama “Yellowstone,” said in the video that he “didn’t feel comfortable” sitting next to another person who was masked. The post garnered nearly 20,000 likes and more than 2,100 comments at the time of writing.
“You know, my social media people tell me you like me face to face. But you know what, I can’t say what I want face to face,” Smith, 65, said in the video. In the video, Smith was wearing a camouflage cap and a blue shirt with a green coat.
“But they kicked me off the plane because I was drunk. Why don’t you guys stand up and tell everyone what the fuck this is,” Smith continued, adding that he had been waiting at a Houston airport for three hours and had been drinking , but he said he wasn’t drunk.
Smith did not indicate which airline or flight he was traveling on. Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Several comments criticized Smith for excluding the passenger who was wearing a mask on the flight.
“I wore a mask all the time when my mom was in hospice and I traveled back and forth to see her. This post makes me sad as a fan,” one person wrote.
Another person commented: “I have cancer. I’d probably wear a mask on a plane… Damn, don’t do live stuff while drinking, it’s sad and embarrassing.”
This is not the first time Smith has expressed his disapproval of COVID-19 protections, such as masks and vaccines. In February 2022, Smith said in an Instagram post that he would skip the Screen Actors Guild Awards because he was not vaccinated and had no plans to get vaccinated.
In recent years, anti-vaxxers (people who refuse to get vaccinated) have expressed skepticism toward Vaccines are known to stop the spread of COVID-19.
And Smith isn’t the only celebrity in the anti-vaccine community. In February, far-right figures praised Woody Harrelson on X after he pushed an anti-vaccine theory on SNL. In December 2022, actor Matthew Marsden said he lost a movie role because he was not vaccinated.
