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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 06:11 AM Feb 2022

'Yellowstone' Actor Won't Attend SAG Awards Over COVID Rules: 'I Will Not Get Vaccinated'

“Yellowstone” actor Forrie J. Smith will not attend the upcoming Screen Actors Guild Awards due to rules requiring all attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The “Yellowstone” cast is nominated in the top category of ensemble in a television drama alongside “Succession,” “Squid Game,” “The Morning Show” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The nomination marked “Yellowstone’s” first major bit of awards attention after four seasons on air. Smith posted a video on Instagram saying he is against vaccinations and thus won’t be at the SAG Awards later this month.

“I want to apologize to y’all for not being at the Screen Actors Guild Awards,” Smith told his Instagram followers. “I mean no offense to anyone. I’m not vaccinated, and it’s a requirement to be vaccinated.”

“I’m not vaccinated, I will not get vaccinated,” Smith added.
I haven’t been vaccinated since I was a little kid. I don’t vaccinate my dogs, I don’t vaccinate my horses. I’ve never had a flu shot. I never will. I believe they compromise your immunities… It’s just my beliefs. I just don’t believe in that stuff. Whatever.”

Smith stars in “Yellowstone” as Lloyd Pierce, a senior ranch hand on the Dutton Ranch. The actor was featured in a recurring role on the show’s first two seasons before being upped to a series regular in Season 3. “Yellowstone” Season 4 gave Smith his most material to date.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/yellowstone-forrie-j-smith-anti-vax-sag-awards-1235184331/

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'Yellowstone' Actor Won't Attend SAG Awards Over COVID Rules: 'I Will Not Get Vaccinated' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 OP
good, stay away eShirl Feb 2022 #1
What a fool. I'm surprised Costner allows this on set. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #2
There is no right to infect others. It's common courtesy. Like covering a sneeze. bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #3
Maybe he won't work anymore either. blueinredohio Feb 2022 #4
He will get sick. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #5
Guess what? samplegirl Feb 2022 #6
Reminds musclecar6 Feb 2022 #7
Sorrie Forrie, but fuck Y'all, ya dirty spreader. Blues Heron Feb 2022 #8
Why dies he look exactly the way I pictured him? Aristus Feb 2022 #9
Multiple choice, moron. Vaccinated, in the hospital sick from Covid, or dead from Covid. Good luck. czarjak Feb 2022 #10

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
5. He will get sick.
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 06:57 AM
Feb 2022

He has been lucky.

The old immune system thing.

They never learn.

With less masks and people wanting to go back to normal
his luck will run out.

musclecar6

(1,884 posts)
7. Reminds
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 08:11 AM
Feb 2022


Me of knuckle draggers running around with MAGA hats on. In this case, he's telling us verbally he doesn't need a life saving vaccine. Just another way of saying " I'm a fool "

Aristus

(68,368 posts)
9. Why dies he look exactly the way I pictured him?
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 09:31 AM
Feb 2022

I don't watch "Yellowstone", so I couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

But he looks exactly the way I thought he would. They may as well be wearing signs...

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