Meryl Streep Makes New Statement on Dustin Hoffman's 'Kramer vs. Kramer' Slap: "It Was Overstepping" | THR News - video Dailymotion

"This was my first movie, and it was my first take in my first movie, and he just slapped me. And you see it in the movie."

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00:00Meryl Streep has made a new comment on the behavior of Dustin Hoffman, who is currently

00:04plagued by multiple sexual misconduct claims. She also revealed she experienced sexual harassment

00:10early on in her career. In a New York Times interview, Streep said she didn't have a very

00:14good first day on the set of Kramer vs. Kramer, in which she starred opposite Hoffman. While

00:19filming the 1979 movie, Hoffman slapped her during the first take of their first scene together,

00:24a moment that was detailed in last year's Vanity Fair story, and one she now called

00:28Overstepping. She told the Times,

00:46She continued,

00:47Streep previously said in a 1979 interview that Hoffman grabbed her breast during their

01:03first meeting, an encounter for which Hoffman has apologized, according to the actress's

01:08representative. That archival interview resurfaced as multiple women came forward with accounts of

01:12Hoffman's behavior, which include a steady stream of obscene comments, gropes, and inappropriate

01:17demands on set that date back to 1975. Streep also told the Times that she experienced sexual

01:23harassment early on in her acting career. Back in the day, when everybody was doing cocaine,

01:28there was a lot of behavior that was inexcusable. But now that people are older and more sober,

01:33there has to be forgiveness, and that's the way I feel about it. She opted not to go into specifics,

01:38but added,

01:39I was really beaten up, but I don't want to ruin somebody's mature life. I just don't. I do think

01:44if the world is going to go on, we have to find out a way to work together and know that it's

01:48better for men if they respect us deeply as equals. For more on this story, including Streep's

01:52further comments on Harvey Weinstein, go to THR.com. I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News.