sexist and homophobic rant — and now his son is weighing in.The 76-year-old actor participated in a “Jaws” screening at a Massachusetts movie theater on Saturday and reportedly went on a rogue rant that caused attendees to walk out.Dreyfuss allegedly went off about topics like Barbra Streisand, transgender youth and gender affirmation, and the Academy Awards’ inclusivity rules.His son, Ben Dreyfuss, 37, reacted to the controversy the following day on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Re: my father: well, now you know why I refused to give him the password to his own twitter account for a decade lol,” he wrote. “This will be my only statement on the matter.
thank you.”He later added: “My dad and I disagree about lots of stuff. But it’s a free country. People are allowed to have different opinions about stuff.”Ben also shared a screenshot of an article about his father’s controversial remarks that popped up on his “For You” page.“God, what sort of algorithmic sorcery is this?” Ben tweeted.
He continued: “They should add a little bit of code to algorithms that is like ‘bad or critical news about your nuclear family members we’re actually not going to show you because it’s probably the last thing you want to read.’ “Ben is the middle child of Dreyfuss’ three kids with ex-wife Jeramie Rain.
The exes also share daughter Emily, 40, and son Harry, 33.Dreyfuss has yet to speak out about the offensive comments he made at the event called “An Evening With Richard Dreyfuss + Jaws Screening” in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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