Richard Dreyfuss was set to attend SharkCon in Tampa, Florida, this weekend, however the Jaws actor canceled his look in a video from a hospital mattress as he disclosed a severe well being challenge.
“Hi there, fellow cons. I’m very, very sorry to let you know that I’ve been recognized with, viral … bronchitis,” the 77-year-old mentioned within the video, with spouse Svetlana Erokhin serving to him keep in mind the title of the situation.
Dreyfuss added, “I’ve been advised by my medical doctors I can’t fly, and I must fly 5 hours to get there. I’m terribly sorry as a result of I had deliberate to be there and had been trying ahead to it, however I’m unable to take action. I don’t need to get anybody else sick, and I don’t need to get sicker myself.”
The Academy Award winner, who was resting below a “Jaws 50” blanket commemorating the movie’s fiftieth anniversary, advised attendees he felt “horrible” about lacking the conference however would really feel worse about exposing them to his virus. He mentioned he would “make it [his] enterprise” to indicate as much as different appearances.
“And I need to want you all good luck and happiness, and I need you all to really feel very sorry for me and really sorry for yourselves,” he added with fun. “I’m in a whole lot of ache, and that has to come back first, my well being. And I really feel excellent about having the time and sufficient well being.”
Erokhin chimed in once more, reminding her husband to present a shout-out to his followers. “That’s my spouse saying that,” he mentioned. “And she or he’s proper — she is aware of how to do that. So good luck, glad well being, glad con. Bye!”
Apart from Jaws, Dreyfus is understood for his roles within the movies American Graffiti, Shut Encounters of the Third Type, and Mr. Holland’s Opus, in addition to his Oscar-winning efficiency in The Goodbye Lady. He returned to the display screen in one other shark film earlier this yr together with his position in Into the Deep.
Off display screen, the ailing actor has sparked controversy in recent times. In 2023, he mentioned in a PBS interview that the Academy Awards’ latest variety guidelines “made [him] vomit” and complained about “[giving] in to the newest, most present concept of what morality is.”
Then, final yr, Dreyfuss went off on what attendees known as a “transphobic, misogynistic, homophobic, sexist rant” as he mentioned ladies in movie, the #MeToo motion, and LGBTQ rights at a Jaws screening in Beverly, Massachusetts, based on The Boston Globe.