Richard Dreyfuss’ son Ben Dreyfuss is responding to the backlash against his father, after the actor was accused of making transphobic and misogynistic comments at a recent Jaws event, per the LA Times. “Wow, just looked at my phone and learned about the disgusting outrageous behaviour of one of my relatives,” the 37-year-old joked on X Monday. The post included a screenshot of a text message from his sister that said she had bought an Android phone.
He then responded to his own post, writing, “Re: my father: well, now you know why I refused to give him the password to his own Twitter account for a decade lol.” Further down the thread he complained that a right-wing British tabloid had “mischaracterised” his initial post: “I am obviously not a left-wing activist and the ‘joke’ wasn’t the part about his Twitter account, it was the part about the disgusting outrageous behaviour (of my sister adopting android).” “My dad and I disagree about lots of stuff,” he continued.
“But it’s a free country. People are allowed to have different opinions about stuff.” What did Richard Dreyfuss say? At a special Jaws screening in a Massachusetts theatre on May 25, Richard Dreyfuss reportedly made a series of transphobic and racist comments and came on stage to a Taylor Swift song while wearing a dress.
According to The Guardian, those at the event report Dreyfuss senior calling Barbra Streisand a “genius” but saying he didn’t listen to her as she was “.
