John Oliver confronted Dustin Hoffman over allegations of sexual harassment during a heated exchange at a screening film Q & A on Monday night, which The Washington Post captured on video.
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" was interviewing Hoffman's in a panel for a commemorative screening of Hoffman's 1997 movie "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 a 17-year-old intern, Anna Graham Hunter, on the set of the 1985 movie "Death Of A Salesman . "
"This is something we're going to have to talk about because ... it's hanging in the air," Oliver said to Hoffman in a video published by The Post. @hilarski