 Angered that Hoffmann had broken doctor-patient confidentiality by speaking publicly of his treatment, Costello severed their relationship saying it was actually he who had helped Hoffmann meet a better class of people.Once composer Richard Rodgers asked Hoffmann to visit his friend Lorenz Hart who was having problems with alcoholism and who had a strong aversion to being treated by psychiatrists.Hart was in the hospital at the time and Hoffmann said he would visit Hart in the guise of a hospital staff member.