The Jaws star is in scorching water over feedback he allegedly made at The Cabot Theatre. (Getty)
Richard Dreyfuss has been slammed for allegedly making homophobic and sexist feedback at a Jaws screening at The Cabot, Massachusetts.
On 25 Might, The Cabot Theatre in Beverly hosted a screening of the 1975 movie, in addition to a query and reply session with Dreyfuss, who was featured within the film.
Nevertheless, attendees alleged on social media that the Oscar award-winner shared “bigoted” ideas on girls and trans youth on the venue, inflicting many theatre-goers to go away earlier than the film even started.
As per one Cabot attendee, Dreyfuss dubbed Barbra Streisand a “genius” however stated he “didn’t take heed to her as a result of she is a girl and girls shouldn’t have that energy”. The identical attendee additionally alleged Dreyfuss stated: “You shouldn’t be listening to some 10-year-old who says they wish to be a boy as an alternative of a woman.”
Different Cabot attendees took to the theatre’s Fb web page to clarify their motive for the walkout. “We walked out of his interview tonight together with hundred[s] of others due to his racist homophobic misogynistic rant,” one social media consumer alleged, whereas one other added: “Richard Dreyfuss is a humiliation to society. I walked out tonight due to his small-minded bigoted view of girls and selection.”
PinkNews has contacted a consultant of Richard Dreyfuss for a touch upon the matter.
The Cabot Theatre stated in a press release to The Hollywood Reporter: “The views expressed by Mr Dreyfuss don’t replicate the values of inclusivity and respect that we uphold as a company. We deeply remorse the misery that this has precipitated to lots of our patrons.
“We remorse that an occasion that was meant to be a dialog to have fun an iconic film as an alternative turned a platform for political beliefs. We take full accountability for the oversight in not anticipating the route of the dialog and for the discomfort it precipitated to many patrons.”