GhostbustersactorBill Murraymay be a big star, butSeth Greenis certainly not a fan. Green, a former child actor, was once brought in to appear in a comedy segment for an episode ofSaturday Night Livewhile Murray was serving as a host. As explained in a recent chat withGoodMythical Morning, he names Murray as the “rudest” celebrity he’s ever met based on an encounter they had on the set ofSaturday Night Livewhen Green was just nine years old.
According to Green, he was hanging out backstage in the green room with his mother and someSNLcast members when he asked to change the channel on the television. Eddie Murphy told him that was fine, but he’d have to do it himself by climbing up shelving to reach the knob. Green says Murphy found that amusing and they watched TV together, and things were fine until Murray entered the room, allegedly growing quite angry over Green sitting on the armrest of a sofa that theGroundhog Daystar had wanted for himself. As Green explains:
“So, Bill Murray was hosting the show, and as everybody knows, he’s great with kids! He saw me sitting on the arm of this chair, and made a big fuss about me being in his seat. And I was like, ‘That is absurd. I am sitting on the arm of this couch. There are several lengths of this sofa. Kindly F off.’ And he was like, ‘That’s my chair.'”
Green says that another child actor who was present pointed out that this was “theBill Murray,” to which Green replied, “the Bill Murray?” At that point, Green’s mother suggested the 9-year-old move, but his reluctance to switch seats resulted in Murray allegedly lashing out.
“My mom goes, ‘Since he’s the Bill Murray, you should maybe give him his seat.’ And I go, ‘Listen, I’ve never been more indignant to be told that the arm of this chair… are you this much of a jerk? You’re this rude to tell a 9-year-old to get out of your… what is this power play?’ He picked me up by my ankles, held me upside down. You have to remember, when I was nine years old, I was probably less than four foot. So, he dangled me over a trash can, and he was like, ‘The trash goes in the trash can!’ And I was screaming! Screaming! And I swung my arms, flailed wildly, full contact with his balls, full contact. He dropped me in the trash can. The trash can calls over. I was horrified. I ran away and hid under the table in my dressing room, and just cried and cried.”
Green says the show got back on track when Murphy and Tim Kazurinsky came into his dressing room. They told Green that “everybody knows Bill’s a d*ck” and asked the child actor ifhecould be the pro by doing the segment. This made Green feel better, and while he hasn’t seen Murray since, he says he did wind up bumping into Murphy years later, and was shocked to hear that he remembered theSNLsituation.
“He was like, ‘You climbed up that thing and changed the channel.’ Couldn’t even believe it. And he was like, ‘Congratulations.'”
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Seth Green isn’t the only person to recently criticize Bill Murray’s behavior. Murray just recently settled an assault suit against him with reportedly a very high payout. Actor and fellow formerSNLalum Rob Schneider also said this week onThe Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Showthat Murray wasn’t very kind to the 1990s cast members when he returned to guest host an episode in 1993. Schneider claims that Murray might be kind to fans, buthe hated Chris Farley “with a passion"along with Adam Sandler and otherSNLcast members.
“He’s super nice to fans. He wasn’t very nice to us. …He wasn’t very — hehatedus onSaturday Night Livewhen he hosted. Absolutelyhatedus. I mean, seething.”
you’re able to watch the full interview with Seth Green onGood Mythical Morningbelow.
