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Richard Dreyfuss‘ transphobic rant was seemingly premeditated — ‘trigger the man was at a retailer proper earlier than he hit the stage and was making an attempt on attire … and we obtained the video.
TMZ has obtained surveillance footage from the top of May … exhibiting Richard being helped by numerous staffers at Worthy Girl Consignment in Beverly, MA — the place he later obtained onstage and made numerous controversial remarks, together with towards trans of us.
As you possibly can see — the staff are seen serving to the Oscar winner as he tries on 5 totally different seems … smiling and laughing with these within the retailer earlier than lastly selecting one.
We’re advised Richard ended up staying on the consignment store for about half-hour, ultimately deciding on the floral blue costume he wore onstage — which our sources say is from the plus-size model Torrid and value $20.99.
As we beforehand reported … the actor then made a controversial look on the Cabot Theater later Saturday night … the place he stepped out within the costume in query earlier than going off on a tirade concerning the trans neighborhood — amongst different inflammatory remarks.
Now, Worthy Girl Consignment is severely pissed off … with an worker telling us that the actor’s rant insulted their most important clientele — the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, which they’re shocked by.
The worker provides they thought RD was only a cute, little previous man making an attempt on attire — they usually by no means might’ve recognized he deliberate on any of that.
It’s attention-grabbing … of all of the shops in Beverly, Richard chosen Worthy Girl Consignment … because the enterprise makes it clear they’re pro-LGBTQ+ by hanging a Pride flag on its storefront.
Whether or not Richard realized the irony on the time stays unclear. Anyway, we’re advised the shop is capitalizing on this controversy for a superb trigger, designing a Pride shirt referencing the incident — with proceeds going to the North Shore Alliance for GLBTQ+ Youth.
We’ve reached out to Richard’s reps … to date, no phrase again.