Gold Rush Fans Have Some Choice Words For Fred Hurt’s Son Dustin – Looper

Midway into “Gold Rush: White Water” Season 6, one user started a thread on the “Gold Rush” subreddit dedicated to their thoughts on Dustin Hurt, writing, “Fred’s son is the worst isn’t he? Worst attitude and everything.” They then went on to suggest that, at the very least, some of Dustin’s behavior may be for the sake of televised drama and not an accurate reflection of his real-life personality. Plenty of users then weighed in with their own opinions of Dustin, largely reflecting the original poster’s point-of-view.

For instance, in the thread’s most-upvoted comment, user popo341 argued that Dustin isn’t skilled at fostering a positive team environment, and could benefit from generally maturing in life. Meanwhile, user Specialist_Wallaby17 argued that Dustin isn’t “Gold Rush” material after suggesting that his TV persona is fabricated. That said, a couple of users, including krebstorm and itchy-and-scratch, blamed Fred, at least in part, for why Dustin might rub viewers the wrong way.

These sorts of sentiments extend to Twitter as well, where users like @tharealcolin and @BabyJujuJr1 replied to posts about Fred and Dustin with similar criticisms of the younger Hurt. If some of these users are to be believed and Dustin’s persona is artificial and intended to rile up “Gold Rush” viewers, however, then it’s entirely possible that generating these sorts of opinions means Dustin is doing his job.