“Since we’re talking about Dustin Hoffman, I just want to say: Dustin Hoffman is a great man and a really good guy,” Murray said. “And I heard what happened to him, and Dustin Hoffman is a really decent person. He’s a crazy, like a Borscht Belt flirt, he has been his whole life, but he’s a really sweet man.” “John Oliver was hosting a panel in relation to the 20th anniversary of “Wag the Dog,” a great movie that has gained significant relevance in the last year of politics. Robert De Niro was there, so was Dustin Hoffman, the latter of which had his own accusations in regards to sexual harassment a few months back when writer Anna Graham Hunter wrote an op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter alleging that Hoffman groped her and spoke inappropriately about sex in front of her when she was an intern on the TV movie Death of a Salesman in 1985.” Hunter was 17 and Hoffman was 47. Inexcusable behavior but not something that should probably be brought up post-screening in front of an audience that wants to hear about the movie they just saw. And yet, that’s exactly what Oliver did as he grilled Hoffman for over half an hour on the topic. The holier than thou attitude of Oliver rubbed me the wrong way, but you can make your own conclusions on this matter: Contribute Hire me
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