Forrie J. Smith from ‘Yellowstone’
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Forrie J. Smith’s stance on masking led to a weird journey problem over the weekend.
The actor recognized for taking part in Lloyd Pierce on Paramount Community’s megahit drama Yellowstone posted a video to social media Saturday explaining how he had been left stranded at a Houston airport.
“I simply obtained kicked off a airplane in … Houston, Texas,” Smith mentioned. “As a result of I informed them I didn’t really feel snug sitting subsequent to somebody with a masks on.”
Smith mentioned he was consuming in his video posted to Instagram.
“Yeah, I’ve been consuming. I’ve been sitting within the airport for 3 hours,” he mentioned. “Yeah, I’m consuming. However I ain’t drunk. However they throwed me off the airplane as a result of I’m drunk.”
This isn’t the primary time Smith has made his stance on public well being points recognized. In 2022, he skipped attending the Display Actors Guild Awards along with his Yellowstone castmates on account of SAG’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement, posting a video rationalization to his Instagram account.
“I wish to apologize to y’all for not being on the Display Actors Guild Awards — I imply no offense to anybody,” Smith mentioned within the 2022 video. “I’m not vaccinated, and it’s a requirement to be vaccinated to be on the Display Actors Guild Awards ceremony.”
The actor continued, “I’m not vaccinated. I can’t get vaccinated. I haven’t been vaccinated since I used to be slightly child. I don’t vaccinate my canines; I don’t vaccinate my horses. I’ve by no means had a flu shot — I by no means will. I consider they compromise your immunities.”
In Smith’s video in regards to the airplane incident, he didn’t specify which airline he was touring on or the place he was headed. He ended his video reiterating his objection to somebody sporting a masks close to him.
“I simply informed them I didn’t really feel snug sitting subsequent to somebody that needed to put on a masks,” he mentioned. “And I’m off the airplane.”
Paramount Community introduced late final yr that Yellowstone would resume manufacturing on its ultimate episodes within the late spring of 2024. A premiere date of November 2024 has been set for the second half of its fifth and ultimate season, which final aired its midseason finale Jan. 6, 2023, and can usher in the long run of the flagship sequence from Taylor Sheridan.