Hollywood director declared too fat to fly

Hollywood film director, Kevin Smith was left red-faced and furious after he was asked to disembark from a flight due to his weight.

Smith whose films include "Dogma", "Clerks", and "Zach and Miri Make A Porno," had boarded a flight traveling from Oakland to Burbank on Southwest Airlines when the request was made.

The clerks director claims Smith was deemed a "safety risk" to the aircraft by the captain, only moments before take off, and was asked to leave.

The airline states that overweight passengers must be able to lower both armrests or pay for two seats.

After being removed from the flight, an understandably irate Smith, 39 took to his Twitter page posting more that 40 angry tweets to his followers.

In his Twitter tirade he said "I know I'm fat. But was the flight captain really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?"

"I'm way fat. But I'm not THERE just yet. But if I am, why wait till 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 ID'd me as Silent Bob" (a character he has played in several of his films).

Smith was offered a US $100 voucher as compensation but clearly that wasn't enough to calm the man down, who tweeted "Go f**k yourself. I broke no regulation, offered no 'safety risk.'

"What, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger? I was wrongly ejected from the flight. And f**k your apologetic $100 voucher. Thank God I don’t embarrass easily."

"You f****d with the wrong sedentary processed-food eater."

Luckily, Smith managed to board a later flight with the airline.