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The 80-year-old actor went on to say \"I said a stupid thing\" but explained that the cast and crew were like a family and that things like \"sex\" were discussed to break up the monotony of work. Hoffman said he apologized \"if\" he had done anything to make anyone, including Hunter, feel uncomfortable at the time.

\"I gotta say, I don't love that response either,\" Oliver replied.

\"What response do you want?\" Hoffman asked.

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The “Last Week Tonight” host said he got \"no pleasure\" from having this conversation with Hoffman but added that he does believe what Hunter wrote and that the actor's response to him did not feel self-reflective.

John Oliver grills Dustin Hoffman over sexual harassment allegations https://t.co/QLByuMRqRc

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 5, 2017

As things began to get more heated between the two on stage, Oliver and others on the panel tried to move the conversation to the anniversary of the film, but Hoffman was still clearly upset that the media, Oliver in particular, had already considered him \"an abuser,\" though he said he never admitted anything.

\"You take it, 'This is an assaulter, this is a female assaulter, he's admitted it,'\" he said, adding he felt like he was \"put on display\" at the panel meant to be focused on something else. \"It's so skewed.\"

As added by the Post's coverage of the panel, Hoffman also referenced his film “Tootsie” as a sign of his growth and respect for women.

\"I would not have made that movie if I didn’t have an incredible respect for women,” he said.

Oliver added that something that the actor brought up about \"the things that we do in between takes\" caught his ear.

\"I think it's the things that we do in between takes where there's probably a cultural shift that needs to happen,\" he said to applause from the audience.

Requests for further comment from Hoffman's and Oliver's reps were not immediately returned to ABC News.

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