In a painfully uncomfortable exchange during a panel discussion Monday night, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver relentlessly questioned actor Dustin Hoffman over allegations of past sexual harassment — an exchange that grew so tense, audience members were gasping in disbelief.
The exchange took place during a panel discussion at the Tribeca Institute’s 20th anniversary of Hoffman’s film “Wag the Dog” (video below). Oliver led into the increasingly uncomfortable discussion by citing the allegations “hanging in the air” that he said must be addressed.
“This is something we’re going to have to talk about because … it’s hanging in the air,” said Oliver.
Oliver was referencing accusations by Anna Graham-Hunter that Hoffman sexually harassed her back in 1985 when she was a 17-year-old production assistant on the set of “Death of a Salesman” and by producer Wendy Riss Gatsiounis that Hoffman propositioned her in 1991 when she was in her 20s.
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