When is the right time and place to address something like this though?
Good question. It’s difficult to say, like I said there is a vital need to be delicate. A situation in which Hoffman isn’t completely blindsided in front of a public audience would be a good start though. It feels like a witch hunt.
Given that he brought nothing revelatory to this story, I fail to see the positives of Oliver’s rash behaviour. It served to simply fluster and humiliate Hoffman in front of his friends and the audience. As an example, this could have been proposed beforehand and Hoffman could have justifiably declined. Had he agreed to it, you could then have a reasoned debate.
Hoffman deserves a chance to compose a response, yet there’s no balance when one person has planned out his question and the other has mere seconds to respond. Which is acceptable in most situations, like throwing friendly questions at Coutinho before surprising him with one about Barcelona. When the stakes are this high though, it’s simply irresponsible.
