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

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“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/

[eShirl]

1. good, stay away

[hlthe2b]

2. What a fool. I'm surprised Costner allows this on set.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. There is no right to infect others. It's common courtesy. Like covering a sneeze.

[blueinredohio]

4. Maybe he won't work anymore either.

[Texaswitchy]

5. He will get sick.

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.

[samplegirl]

6. Guess what?

Nobody really cares!

[musclecar6]

7. Reminds

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 "

[Blues Heron]

8. Sorrie Forrie, but fuck Y'all, ya dirty spreader.

[Aristus]

9. Why dies he look exactly the way I pictured him?

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...

[czarjak]

10. Multiple choice, moron. Vaccinated, in the hospital sick from Covid, or dead from Covid. Good luck.