Watch John Oliver confront Dustin Hoffman about sexual harassment allegations at a public Q&A

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December 5, 2017 4:16 PM

John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman over allegations of sexual assault against him at a film screening Q&A on Monday.

John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman over allegations of sexual harassment that have been made against him, during a film screening Q&A on Monday.
Hoffman has been accused of sexual harassment by two women.
Oliver repeatedly took issue with Hoffman's November apology statement to the first allegation and pushed him to respond to it with a deeper "self-reflection."

John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman over allegations of sexual harassment during a heated exchange at a film screening Q&A on Monday night, which The Washington Post captured on video.

The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" was interviewing Hoffman in a panel for a commemorative screening of Hoffman's 1997 film "Wag the Dog" in New York City.

Around halfway through the hour-long talk, Oliver brought up an allegation made against Hoffman in November that he had groped and sexually harassed Death Of A Salesman

Oliver's exchange with Hoffman on Monday became even more heated when the HBO host addressed Hoffman's November apology. "You've made one statement in print. Does that feel like enough to you?" he asked.

"First of all, it didn't happen the way she reported," Hoffman said. "I still don't know who this woman is. I never met her. If I met her, it was in concert with other people," he added, addressing Hunter's specific claims.

Oliver went on to take issue with the fact that Hoffman's statement said the allegation was "not reflective of who I am."

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Hoffman told Oliver that he did not grope Hunter, but that his behavior in the alleged incident was simply how people on a film set spoke to each other. "It

"Do you believe this stuff that you're reading?" Hoffman responded.

"I believe what she wrote, yes," Oliver replied. "Because there's no point in her lying."

“Well, there is a point in her not bringing this up for 40 years," Hoffman said.

“Oh, Dustin. Christ," Oliver said.

Hoffman and Oliver did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.

Watch a segment of the exchange below, via The Washington Post:

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