Bill Murray tackles a misbehaved assertion: ‘I thought it was funny’

Bill Murray said he still thinks of the misbehavior claims get up against him.

“I don’t go too many days or weeks without thinking about what happened,” Murray 74 told The New York Times‘The Daily “podcast In an interview Published on Saturday, April 5, directing the allegations in promoting its new film The friendwhere he plays a character that is not so great.

“When you’ve performed as a horrific creep, you know, ‘Hey, I’ve been that horrific creep and not seen and not being aware of it,’” he continued, admitting that he still couldn’t believe something he thought he was “funny” in legal trouble.

In 2022, production Aziz AnsariDirectory first appearance Be mortal shut it down over complaints From Murray’s “inappropriate behavior” with someone he now says he “worked with, had lunch with on various days a week and so on.” The Oscar nominee explained that he was trying to bring “lightness” to the “pitiful” subject of the film, which is based on Atul gawandeEponymous Factual Book for the end of life.

“I thought I was trying to make peace, I finished, in my mind, being barbecue,” he told “The Daily” of going to arbitration over the incident. “It was a mutual, we all wore masks and we were all stuck in this same room listening to this crazy scene. Other, for another person.

He continued, “You know, you can learn new tricks to an old dog. But I just thought it was a disappointment. It was a big disappointment because I thought I knew someone and I didn’t. And I certainly thought it lightly and I thought it was funny. And for me it’s still funny, the idea you could kiss someone with a mask.”

Murray went on to say that human resources were closing the film’s production as “preexisting conditions” were in place.

“It still worries me because that film was stopped by, whatever they call – the human rights, the Disney Corporation ad – which is probably a little more strident than some other countries,” he said. “He turned out there (was) preexisting conditions and all these kinds of things, I’m like, ‘What?’ How is anyone supposed to know anything like that?

Murray also discussed some of the other claims he faced after the Be mortal incident, including one made by Richard Dreyfussand claimed that Murray throw a dust box at him On the 1991’s set What about bob?

Murray refuted Dreyfuss’s assertion, saying that the ashtray was more aimed at the ceiling and claiming that the story “is never going to be true.”

“If I had been thrown at Treyfuss, I would have hit him,” said Murray.

Also addressed Geena Davis‘Inappropriate claims after she wrote in her biography, Dying courtesythat murray Sexual harassment and orally mistreat During the filming of 1990s Fast change.

Murray called his claims “disgraceful.” (Lucy Liu He also claimed Murray “raming an insult” on her using “unforgivable and unacceptable” language during 2000s filming Charlie’s angels.)

When a NYT journalist said that Murray did not need to “run through the list,” the Ghostbusters Seren added, “When someone gets a chapter like mine on this Be mortal A thing, the world is going to look for more proof that this person is a monster – a complete monster. Well, I’ve had interactions with hundreds of thousands of people over 40, 50 years. Now, you can think of half a dozen. If you really worked, you would probably offer a dozen couple. “

The woman who filed the Be mortal complaint has received a settlement From “just north of $ 100,000” from Murray, who also signed an agreement not to disclose-despite his recent comments.