Dustin Hoffman made a candid revelation about his narrow escape while being held at gunpoint when his affair with a married woman was busted by her husband.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleDustin Hoffman is an acclaimed Hollywood star who has delivered some of the biggest hits of the industry, including the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer. His illustrious career spans seven decades, and he has been named a defining figure of the New Hollywood era. Beyond the glitz and glam of Hollywood, Dustin also had a pretty wild personal life during his younger days.
The actor revealed it all in his memoir Look at Me, and amid the buzz, he has been dropping bombshell accounts of his past affairs and other controversies. Recently, during the promotion of the book, he shared an instance of his secret rendezvous with a married woman, which almost turned deadly.
Dustin Hoffman was free-spirited and a little reckless during his youth. The 89-year-old recalled a wild story from his days as a young and desirable man. In a recent November 2026 episode of the Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast, Dustin shared the unknown incident. He admitted to having an affair with a married woman, who asked him to come over to her house, thinking that her husband was fast asleep.
Little did the woman know that he was just pretending to be asleep and was waiting for the perfect opportunity to catch her infidelity red-handed. As Dustin Hoffman arrived and climbed onto the bed to get physically intimate with the unnamed woman, her better half suddenly came in armed. The weapon was pointed at The Graduate actor, who was scared for his life at that time. In that situation, the actor thought to himself that a bullet would end his life soon.
Dustin was so terrified that he even remembered the exact words the man told him before sparing his life, i.e., 'Get out, get out.' Making a suggestive comment, he jovially stated that he and the married woman were having their little 'festival,' which was interrupted by her husband. In his words:
"I was having an affair with a married woman. And she thought that once her husband went to sleep, that he stayed asleep. And there we are having a festival of sorts and he walked in with a gun. He pointed it at me and he said, 'I remember what he said, 'Get out, get out.'"
Dustin Hoffman added, "When you have a gun pointed at you, first of all, that hole is much bigger than the actual hole." He continued, "And you realize how, any second, any second he's going to pull that trigger, because his finger is on the trigger. And you think… and you realize, it's it… I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die the next second." The actor added that such fear could drive someone to do anything to avoid getting killed. "And you do anything, you will do anything, you know, to avoid getting killed," he said.
Dustin Hoffman has been married twice and is a father of six children. The two-time Academy Award winner has maintained one of Hollywood's longest-lasting marriages with Lisa Gottsegen, while balancing a prolific acting career. Dustin tied the knot with attorney and entrepreneur Lisa, just weeks after his October 1980 divorce from his first wife, Anne Byrne.
Dustin Hoffman and Lisa's families had been close friends for decades, and as of November 2026, the couple has remained married for over 45 years. Regarding his first wife, Anne Byrne, she was a ballerina and actress. The duo got married in May 1969 and separated in the late 1970s. They finalized their divorce in October 1980, an experience he drew upon while filming the divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer.
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