Yellowstone‘s Forrie J. Smith to Sit Out SAG Awards, Citing COVID Rules: ‘I Will Not Get Vaccinated’ — Watch Video
The actor who plays a beloved Yellowstone ranch hand won’t be alongside his co-stars when they attend this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Forrie J. Smith, who plays Lloyd on the Paramount Network series, recently posted a video to his Instagram account announcing that he would not be at the ceremony because it requires attendees to show proof of having been received the COVID vaccine.
After apologizing for his absence, Smith said, “I’m not vaccinated, I will not get vaccinated. 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.”
He later added, “It’s just my beliefs. I just don’t believe in that stuff. Whatever.”
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The Yellowstone cast is nominated for Best Drama Ensemble at this year’s awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 8/7c. (See a list of TV nominees here.)
In Season 4 of Yellowstone, Lloyd’s flirtation with much-younger woman Laramie went so belly up that the veteran ranch hand wound up stabbing romantic rival rival Walker (and, for good measure, smashing his blasted guitar). He was ultimately allowed to continue on the payroll only after receiving a beat-down from surrogate son Rip.
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Yes, you can still get the virus because a vaccine IS NOT A MAGIC SHIELD! It mitigates the effects and severity.
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Crack open a book sometime, Gomer.
Looks like the post to which I was replying was (rightfully) deleted… this comment was not directed at you, LK! :)
I mean, I think attending a big awards show would be a super cool experience, especially for an older actor who is just now achieving mainstream recognition. But I guess if you’re that afraid of modern medicine…go off, king.
I just feel bad for his dogs.
Vaccines dont compromise your immunities, they shore up your defenses. They offer what you have a bit of a boost to protect against what’s to come.
Can’t fix stupid.
I hope doesn’t have kids…
Except he does have animals who are unprotected. This guy is a complete idiot. Basically abusing the animals he won’t treat.
Exactly.
WHO warned about taking more than 3x cause it will compromise your immunity.
Look Africa, most lowest amount of shots taken and low amount of deaths, the latest studies from there said Omicron is not dangerous for un-vaccined also. Lot of media hype of course scaring little lambs.
I had little cough and little fever few days. That´s it. The exact same symptoms which people vaccinated get when omicron hits.
I googled this and all I can see is that WHO said repeated use of the same vaccine will not be as effective against emerging variants. Nothing about compromising immune systems. WHO were advocating developing newer vaccines and concerned about vaccine inequity.
It does appear that Omicron is a milder variant.
We’re the scared little lambs….you’re the one who is scared to take a vaccine. Just like everything else in life, nothing is 100% except death & taxes. People get cancer, go for treatment. Guess what, some get the treatment, are in remission. Some get the treatment & die. Nothing is 100%. Does that mean we should just give up on all of it then? That’s your logic.
Actually, according to a WHO and United Nations report from December 21, there was an 83% increase in Covid cases in African countries.
TVLine. Please do something about morons posting lies about COVID. If and when people follow these fools’ advice, people will die. Please. Lives are at stake.
lmao, funny thing is, as a fan of this show, this has been on my mind throughout the pandemic. I just imagined that 80% of the Yellowstone cast & crew were similar to the characters they play or the area they live in-falling on a deep republican perspective. Pretty sure this production didn’t make it mandatory for vaccines because they knew they’d lose a lot of workers and actors.
When they resumed filming at the height of COVID in 2020, I recall that Paramount created a huge bubble so that everyone involved will be staying on set throughout production so surely they knew how the safety provided by that bubble could be compromised the moment they have an infected member in and cause an outbreak that would endanger them.
If the parent company has mandated a vaccine requirement, no way can Yellowstone not go along with that directive.
I feel bad for his dogs, horses and people who have to be around him that do believe in vaccinations.
So do I.
I keep getting ads on youtube to vaccinate my horse against the five core potentially fatal diseases…I don’t have a horse, I just follow people who do, but it’s making me want to check to make sure everyone’s horses are vaccinated
It’s enraging that he doesn’t vaccinate his dogs or horses. If he has horses, it sounds like he lives in the country, where rabies could be an issue. What a horrible risk to take for your animals.
Me too.
I saw this article pop up in my newsfeed the other day in a publication that clearly trends towards the folks that would make similar choices. And the number of folks applauding him for sticking by his principles no matter the cost was greater than those concerned about his dogs not being vaccinated against rabies. I wondered if those folks applauding “principle at any cost. Be true to you” said the same to athletes taking a knee.
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I think Florrie is wrong. I also think he has the right to be wrong. I’m don’t think it needs the grandstanding or applause it’s getting in some circles.
I applaud the guy for standing up to his convictions in an environment I’m sure contains intense peer pressure. The vax currently does not stop transmission w/ Omicron. Fact. He obviously weighed the pros and cons and made a risk assessment based on his own health—which is between him and his doctor. A one size fits all solution is not always best. Obviously, if he hasn’t received vaccines for ANYTHING, he’s still alive and kicking to tell about it.
He did say he has had his childhood vaccinations.
Um…NO vaccine stops transmission of a virus. No one ever said that they did. What they *do* is help you fight it if you catch it, and make the symptoms much less severe. They can save your life.
So, it’s not about anyone else but him… I guess he has a right to say no, then.
WayneInNYC, Exactly! I have no frigging clue where they heard that the vaccines were supposed to stop the transmission of these viruses. They DO help if you contract it. I am fully vaccinated w/booster and I tested positive last month. Because of my compromised immune system, my doctors were really worried about my lungs and heart. It knocked me down a bit but I was fine. I would NOT have been fine if I had NOT been vaccinated.
Wayne you really believe it? Look the countries that takes most of the vaccination +90%, they also catch the virus most! Isn` t that funny? You get omicron as easy as person non vaccinated.
The claim that symptoms would be less severe is lie! I had little cough, fewer few days the exact same symptoms as my friends who has taken the vaccine and gets omicron.
Funny how most of your post contains lies. Not sure if you read had COVID, don’t care. Nobody said there is a 100% death rate in those unvaccinated that become infected, they are just far more likely to have a serious response and mych more likely to die. With Omichron too, the most frightening aspect is the longterm effects, as we know COVID damages hearts and lungs.
Can we shut up with this stupid “standing up for convictions” BS already? People who are against the vaccines aren’t standing up for squat, they’re showing themselves to be ignorant fools who don’t understand how vaccines and science work. When your actions affect the health and safety of those around you, you don’t get to claim it’s a personal decision at that point.
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The vax currently does not stop transmission w/ Omicron. Fact.
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Here’s a few other facts for you that you might want to pay attention to, then: People who are vaccinated are significantly less likely to spread the more severe version of the virus. They’re also significantly more likely to have a milder version of it, and significantly less likely to spend time in the hospital (thus easing the burden on overworked doctors and nurses as well as opening up space for people who need to go to the hospital for non-COVID related health issues) and/or die from the virus.
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Vaccines work. They always have and always will. They’re the reason illnesses like polio, measles, and smallpox were no longer a serious threat. And the more people who get vaccinated against COVID, the easier it’ll be for society at large to combat the virus and make it less and less of a threat. The only justifiable reason to not get vaccinated is if you’re immunocompromised. If you’re not, there’s no excuse. Period. End of story.
I just had to sign-in upon reading your comment, Angela, to place some of these right here for good measure! 👏👏💯👏👏
I 1,000,000,000,000,000% (quadrillion FYI) AGREE and on a grander note, personally, wish all others out there in Our Country, wherever they may be, whatever color they may be, whatever political affiliation they may be, etc. would GET THE #%$@ ON BOARD to assist in ending this nightmare already! Technically, there will practically never be a way to *end* COVID-19, that’s now reality, sadly, but it would certainly help accelerate life along in meeting that hope some day.
@Angela, on articles that I have read and she has commented are always well thought out on many levels, rational, concise and to the point without attacking other commenters. On many she has said exactly what I wanted to only better so I ended up just agreeing.
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@JVD, thank you for giving Angela the credit she deserves. This is my personal opinion ONLY. And no, I don’t know Angela, I don’t even live in the U.S. and I’m not a social media acquaintance for those who want to attack her or me.
What a rude condescending troll you are. I will not shut up. He is standing up for something. If we keep going down this road who is to the say the government or a private entity won’t force you to use birth control to fight a National Climate Change Emergency. It’s pretty dang obviously the QR codes for vax passports will morph into some kind of digital identity with a social credit score attached. In fact, several countries are already in the process of implementing it (Sweden for instance) Convictions matter. Especially in dealing with a virus with a 99% survivability rate.
The actor made a choice between him and his doctor. Polio, Measles and Smallpox aren’t RESPIRATORY viruses with animals reservoirs. Covid is here to stay and will always be mutating as long the current vaccine is not fully sterilizing (hint, it’s not because it only targets the spike protein therefore there will always be selective pressure for the virus to mutate around it).
@kaye: you could win an olympic gold medal for jumping to conclusions there, bud.
If calling out people’s ignorance makes one a “rude, condescending troll”, well…*Shrugs*. So be it, I guess.
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The rest of your post reads as paranoid ramblings and other illogical reasoning, so I’m not even going to bother to try and parse it. Bottom line, you’re wrong, and so is everyone else who refuses to get the vaccine because of their BS “convictions”.
Telling people to shut up is not inviting a convo in good faith. Also I caught Delta last year and it was a mild cold at best. Bye
Haha Are you seriously criticizing her for not inviting a convo in good faith when you started off your comment by calling her “a rude condescending troll!” That is pathetically and hilariously hypocritical!!
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Also the virus effects people differently. I have seen Delta effected people who barely have symptoms and I have also seen people die from it.
And I know three unvaxxed people, including a family member, who died from the Delta variant. Being willfully ignorant in 2022 is just sad.
No, Sweden just lifted almost all restrictions and has no plans to implement anything with “social credit score” in combination. In fact, since most people are vaccinated IVA patients have drastically decreased even if the spread is very high.
We had vaccination proofs that some establishments could require in order to have more audience capacity, e.g. cinemas, restaurants etc.
Wooooooowwwwwww. Following your insults are so many strangely inaccurate statements, conflated statements, made-up Correlations that don’t even deserve to be labeled as spurious. Ignoring science and common sense because you have ‘convictions’ is a lack of willingness to learn from empiricism. Supporting actors who stand by not vaccinating themselves, or their animals – actors whom also have zero understanding of how the many different vaccines function – is rather like sharing spit bubbles and presuming no one will get wet. Dab, dab.
“It’s pretty dang obviously the QR codes for vax passports will morph into some kind of digital identity with a social credit score attached.”
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Almost like some sort of Social Security Number, eh?
SMH.
Screw you Kaye. My daughter has lupus. Her immune system sucks. 4 vaccine doses later and she still got covid because her body doesn’t make enough anti-bodies even after vaccination. She is very sick right now. All because some asshat was standing by his convictions. They and I assume you have made the calculations that anyone you kill by not getting vaccinated is a death you are okay with. You are a horrible human being.
Kaye, they should really put you in for the Darwin award my man. What a real winner you are.😂
Well gee our government is now forcing us to have a baby after being raped….how’s that working????
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Amen! I applaud you Angela – so well written and thoughtful
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What a POS. This is why the pandemic has r ended yet.
Write him out.
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LOL Multiple usernames or are you just copying and pasting replies now?
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Also, even if you don’t have any comorbidities COVID-19 can still effect you.
Fred get back to medicine or log back in mental hospital cause your mumbling doesn`t make any sense. “This is why panemic hasn`t ended yet” . Are you serious? You think if people would be 100% vaccinated would get rid of this? No it won´t cause the vaccine doesn´t keep you from getting it.
Omicron is normal flu for most people, nothing more. I have experienced it and many vaccined / un-vaccined friends/family. Media hysteria and scaring stories is so easy to believe. I feel bad for you.
“You think if people would be 100% vaccinated would get rid of this?”
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Why don’t you ask your friends who have polio? Or smallpox?
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Oh, wait…
He is one of my favourite characters but I feel sorry for his dogs and horses. To not even have basic vaccinations for rabies, etc. is abuse as far as I’m concerned. I do, however, give him credit for saying why he won’t get the vaxx and why he won’t be at the ceremony.
Well, these comments go hand-in-hand with his on-screen persona. Stubborn and set in his ways.
I couldn’t care less about him, do what you want, but I’m actually really annoyed if he has dogs and doesn’t get their vaccines.
He has every right to not get vaxxed. Sometimes you just can’t fix stupid. But not vaccinating his animals? That’s animal cruelty! He’s an effing moron. I’m sure he also believes gays do not deserve equal rights. He serves one of those people. Ugh. I’m so triggered right now.
Why do other people care if he attends or not? Big deal! He’ll be lucky if he’s even part of the next season now. I guess that depends on when they start filming. He can believe what he wants to believe, but he’s wrong.
Hey, folks, this is still America, land of the free, last I checked anyway. He has the same right not to get the covid shot as the SAG awards has the right to ask that everyone attending has had the shot. I don’t get unnecessary shots, such as the yearly flu shot or this covid shot, either. All 4 of my grown kids have been shot and boostered and 3 of them have gotten covid. Go figure. They’re all fine now, thank God. I take herbs and vitamins to bolster my immune system and I very seldom get sick. I don’t tell other people that they ought to take what I do to keep viruses at bay, and none of you should tell me that I should take what you take. Everybody is different and in this country that is ok. (I do get rabies shots for my dogs, no other ones though.)
USA, which isn’t a country but a confederation of 50 countries, is nowhere near a “land of the free”. USA has survailiance and restrictions that rival that of North Korea.
“All 4 of my grown kids have been shot and boostered and 3 of them have gotten covid. Go figure. They’re all fine now, thank God.”
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Thank SCIENCE. The shots and booster are perhaps a major reason they’re “all fine now.”
respect!!!
you are the man!!!
Very unintelligent
I’m a SAG Awards voter. Sorry to penalize the whole cast, but this idiot’s statement has just helped me decide who I WON’T be voting for in the Best Ensemble category.
Wow. Intelligence at its finest.
So, in other words, you’ll vote based on one persons personal non-acting opinions, versus multiple actors/actresses actual performance’s? Geez, I hope not everyone thinks like you
Susie going crazy again. It seems vax has taken the last brain cells out from you. Seriously get some help!
If you are a sag award voter, which I doubt, your comment fits more in an “idiots statement”. So now you only vote on people with personal values and beliefs the same as yours not on the actual criteria? Yep Susie Q I’d say that’s an idiots statement.
He shouldn’t be allowed to own animals. They depend on him to not be so ignorant.
Well, I won’t show up for the old coot’s funeral
Its his funeral. I have read about certain individuals that thought the same way he does, and they are dead. Very stupid man.
I’m just here to read the self-righteous comments.
You could say this under literally any post on the internet, and it would still apply.
Always when tv-line writes vax news i see the same mental people here vomiting their believes about the leaking vaccines. It`s crazy how media lies has made them so wacky! They would never say these things in real life in your face. Some still believe the vaccine keeps you not getting the virus or keeps you sharing the tougher version to others, that is dirty lie and i don`t know which media is behind this cause no doctor is going to say the same. Such a big hysteria around what is flu for most healthy folks makes people act in disgusting way.
Good for him!!! Applause to him for standing up for his beliefs as well as Yellowstone for still workmg with him around all these nonsensical protocols !! 👏🏼
And suddenly the beatdown his character received this past season becomes much more enjoyable…
You are sick person! Hope karma gets you in bad way soon!
Is this irony or projection, because it’s hard to tell with people so obtuse.
Because obviously finding a fictitious beatdown pleasurable is comparable to wishing the same in real life. Like you just implied.
Either way, enjoy your depraved ignorance.
Such an important video and TVLine write-up. I suggest making this a series with a daily update of what Smith didn’t do that day or even plans not to do in the future. You know, things like going to a Lakers or Clippers game, movies he didn’t see, maybe not visiting a friend who was at risk for covid.
“having been received”