Richard Dreyfuss’ alleged transphobic and misogynistic comments have been branded “disgusting” by his son. The ‘Jaws’ star, 76, has made headlines for apparently launching into a rant about transgender children and diversity on Saturday (25.05.
24) during a ticketed screening of the 1975 shark-attack horror at the Cabot theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. His boy Ben Dreyfuss, 37, has now addressed social media accounts of his dad’s alleged outburst by saying on X: “Wow, just looked at my phone and learned about the disgusting outrageous behaviour of one of my relatives.” He also joked: “Well, now you know why I refused to give him the password to his own twitter account for a decade lol.
” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. Ben added: “This will be my only statement on the matter. Thank you.
” Richard had Ben with his 75-year-old screenwriter ex-wife Jeramie Rain. Video of the actor’s full remarks from Saturday has not been released, but attendees at the event have attacked him on social media. One guest said on Facebook: “We walked out of his interview tonight along with hundred of others because of his racist homophobic misogynistic rant.
” An X user claimed her girlfriend’s parents attended Richard’s event and attached a screenshot of a text message from one of them that said: “Went off the rails talking about how Barbra Streisand is a genius but he didn’t listen to her because she is a wo.
