Liev Schreiber has fired back at his Broadway co-star Scarlett Johansson, accusing her of exaggerating an embarrassing incident when he accidentally spat in her face on stage.

The pair are currently appearing in Arthur Miller play “A View From the Bridge,” in which Johansson portrays a 17-year-old girl in 1950s New York with Schreiber as her uncle.

The actress recently appeared on “Late Show with David Letterman” and recalled a scene when Schreiber allegedly disgusted theatregoers when he mistakenly spat an “asteroid-size loogie” on her forehead.

But Schreiber insists the whole incident – which he calls “loogiegate” – has been blown out of proportion by the blonde beauty.

He says, “If I were to produce the loogie, how on earth could I actually produce an ‘asteroid size’ loogie? I think it’s unfair because the reality of what happened is a spittle escaped from the side of my mouth while I was acting in a very dramatic play. What’s disturbing to me is that this is now international news. This is an acclaimed Arthur Miller play and all she could think of saying was that I hawked a loogie.”

Johansson and Schreiber’s limited run is scheduled to end on April 4.

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Liev Schreiber “became giddy” when he donned a dress for a new movie role.

The 41-year-old actor was surprised at how concerned he became over his appearance after taking on the role of a tough ex-Marine transvestite in ‘Taking Woodstock’ but admits he didn’t enjoy the experience at first.

He said: “It was exhilaratingly humiliating. But I completely became giddy in a strange way the moment I put on the dress. Vanity quickly set in, and I thought to myself, ‘I wish my belly was flatter. Let’s face it, I don’t look great in a dress, but it’s nice to hear I have nice legs.”

Liev’s discomfort was made worse by the reaction of his long-term girlfriend Naomi Watts – with who he raises two children, Alexander, two, and eight-month-old Samuel – who was stunned by his transformation.

He explained to People magazine: “She was horrified! It flipped her out. She was in shock for 30 seconds. Then she started to crack jokes.”

The actor says the transformation he underwent to get into character has given him a lot more appreciation of the effort women make to look good – but he insists it was worse for him.

He added: “The shoes are awful. But for a 6ft 3in tall man, to walk around in stilettos is nearly impossible. But women have no idea what it’s like for a grown hairy man to remove all of his hair from his body. Now that hurts!”

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Liev Schreiber had a good reason for missing Tuesday’s Los Angeles premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine: His 21-month-old son, Sasha, was sick, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

Schreiber, who plays Sabretooth in the film, immediately flew from L.A. to New York to be with his partner, Naomi Watts, and their two children.

Sasha, who was hospitalized overnight for respiratory issues, was released Wednesday morning.

“Sasha got home today and is feeling much better after being hospitalized on Tuesday night with respiratory problems,” Schreiber’s rep Ina Treciokas tells PEOPLE.

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