Dustin Hoffman Recalls Being Held at Gunpoint During Affair

On November 9, Dustin Hoffman recounted on Conan O’Brien’s podcast how an affair in his youth nearly ended in a shooting. The woman had invited him over after her husband went to sleep, believing her husband would remain asleep, Hoffman said. The husband entered the room with a gun and ordered Hoffman to leave.

Hoffman said he feared the man would pull the trigger, remembering the gun pointed at him and the husband’s finger on its trigger. He described thinking he would die and said he would have done anything to avoid being killed. Asked whether he and the woman resumed their encounter after the confrontation, Hoffman answered no.

The 89-year-old actor is promoting his memoir, “Look at Me.” He has been married to Lisa Gottsegen since 1980; they have four children. Hoffman also has two children with his former wife, Anne Byrne.