SMITH: ‘FAT PEOPLE ARE HATED’
Moviemaker KEVIN SMITH is convinced overweight people face discrimination= in America - because there is a lot of "fat hate out there".
The Clerks director was left fuming earlier this month (Feb10) when he = was booted off a Southwest airlines flight because of his size.
He went public with his story and slammed bosses at the U.S. firm for t= he unfriendly move, receiving two apologies from Southwest chiefs.
But Smith fears the negative reaction from airline staff is indicative = of a much wider problem - insisting many overweight people face discrimin= ation on a daily basis.
He tells WENN, "There’s so much f**king contempt for fat people in this= country which I had not realised because for 15 years I hadn’t been call= ed fat.
"There’s a lot of fat hate out there still and fortunately based on my = job I’ve been protected from it but now I may as well be ‘Fatatar’ and le= ad these people. There’s more of us than skinny people and you’re all gon= na get f**king eaten one day!"
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