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While participating at an event for the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Wednesday, Murray, 68, called hisTootsiecostar a “really decent person,” according to theAssociated Press.
“Dustin Hoffman is a great man,” Murray added, before using some choice adjectives to describe Hoffman’s behavior. “He’s crazy, a ‘Borscht Belt’ flirt, has been his whole life. [But] he’s a really sweet man.”
During the event, Murray was interviewing a former agent of both his and Hoffman’s, Michael Ovitz, who recently published his memoir,Who Is Michael Ovitz?.
Last year,six women came forwardto accuse Hoffman, 81, of sexual misconduct.
“One morning I went to his dressing room to take his breakfast order; he looked at me and grinned, taking his time. Then he said, ‘I’ll have a hard-boiled egg … and a soft-boiled clitoris,’” Hunter recalled. “His entourage burst out laughing. I left, speechless. Then I went to the bathroom and cried.”
In response to the story, Hoffman toldTHR, “I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.”
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“This is something we’re going to have to talk about because… it’s hanging in the air,” Oliver told Hoffman, according to theWashington Post.
“It’s hanging in the air?” the actor replied. “From a few things you’ve read you’ve made an incredible assumption about me.”
Their exchange went on to become more heated when theLast Week Tonighthost addressed a statement the actor had publicly made, apologizing for his behavior to Hunter — specifically Hoffman’s claim that the alleged incident is “not reflective of who I am.”
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“It’s that kind of response to this stuff that pisses me off,” Oliver said. “Itisreflective of who youwere. If it happened and you’ve given no evidence to show it didn’t happen. Then there was a period of time for a while when you were creeping around women. It feels like a cop-out to say, ‘well, this isn’t me.’ Do you understand how that feels like a dismissal?”
In response, Hoffman remarked, “It’s difficult to answer that question. You weren’t there.”
“I’m glad,” Oliver replied.
source: people.com
