Hoffman denies plans to settle in UK

Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman flew into London today, and denied plans that he planned to settle in Britain permanently.

Hoffman arrived with his wife, Lisa, to promote his new film Meet the Fockers, the Meet the Parents sequel, in which he stars alongside Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller and Barbara Streisand.

Hoffman told journalists at Heathrow airport that media speculation that he planned to relocate to Britain was wrong.

“I was doing some publicity for this movie in the states, and one of the things they asked was ‘don’t I have a place in London?”’

“I said yes, for 25 years, but we haven’t been able to use it as much as we want because we didn’t like to separate from the kids.

“So with five kids over the past 35 years I’ve lived my life scheduled around the school year. The last kid is in the house, she graduates in five months and I’m going to get to London as soon as I can and finally make use of the place.

“That turned into: I’m moving to get away from (US President George) Bush,” Hoffman said.

But he said: “That’s silly. You can’t go anywhere in the world to get away from Bush.”

Hoffman said he was looking forward to spending more time in London in the near future.