Richard Dreyfuss' son distances himself from latest rant, while theater director shares details

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Richard Dreyfuss reportedly made comments about trans rights that led to a wave of walkouts at a Massachusetts theater. The actor's son quipped about it on X.

It might have looked as if Ben Dreyfuss, the son of actor Richard Dreyfuss, distanced himself from his father's latest controversy by light-heartedly addressing the dust-up the Oscar winner recently had at a recent 'Jaws' screening. But when he was talking about 'disgusting outrageous behavior' of one of his family members, he was not in fact talking about his 76-year-old father.

Although an account of 'The Goodbye Girl' Oscar winner's full remarks has yet to emerge, Dreyfuss is reported to have delivered “a hate-filled speech that disparaged women in film, the #MeToo movement and LGBTQ rights.” The actor also took aim at his “Nuts” producer Barbra Streisand, whom he called both a “genius” and an “idiot,” and shared “bigoted opinions” on transgender kids and their parents, the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline said. According to the Boston Globe, the 'Mr.

 

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