Seth Green claims Bill Murray ‘hung him over a trash can’ on SNL set

Appearing in a popular YouTube show good morning mythactor and director Seth Green, was asked by hosts Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal.

Green, 48, who started acting at the tender age of seven, said Bill Murray, 72, was the most moody celebrity he’d ever met. new york post.

Murray, who hosted saturday night live At the time, Green reportedly threw it in the trash when he was just nine years old.

“Bill Murray, as we all know, he’s great with kids,” Green said sarcastically.

Green said he watches TV with Eddie Murphy. SNL A cast member at the time climbed onto the couch and changed the channel.

“he [Murray] When he saw me sitting on the arm of this chair, he freaked out that I was in his seat,” Green said.

“And I was like, ‘That’s ridiculous. I’m sitting on the armrest of this sofa. There are several lengths of this sofa. Thank you.’ And he’s like, ‘That’s my chair.’ was.And my mother said, ‘Because you know, he of Bill Murray, you better give him your seat.”

“And I go – I’ve never been so outraged. It’s disrespectful to tell a 9-year-old to get out of his room…what is this power play?” Green said.

of lost in translation The actor clearly didn’t appreciate Green standing up for himself.

“He picked me up by the ankles … He hung me in the trash and was like, ‘Trash in the trash,'” Green said.

“And I screamed, swung my arms wildly, and completely touched his testicles. He dropped me in the trash can, and the trash can fell over. I was horrified. I hid under the table and just cried.”

After returning to the locker room, Green said he decided he didn’t want to be on the live sketch comedy show anymore, but Murphy and company SNL Cast member Tim Kazurinsky encouraged him to appear.

“They would come back and come to my room and say, ‘Hey, you guys know Bill’s ad**k, right? He’s hosting the show. He’s probably really nervous about it. You.’ You’re a pro, aren’t you?’ Show must go on, you’re a pro, you’re a pro, aren’t you? said mockingly.

Greene said he hadn’t seen Murray since the incident, but he crossed paths with Murphy.Murphy will always remember Greene as the kid who climbed onto the couch.

“I love Bill Murray’s work and I feel it’s important to say that I consider him one of the most important cultural icons we have.

“But he was so rude when I was nine.”

post I have reached out to Murray’s rep for comment.

Thursday at SiriusXM’s Guest Spot faction talk, SNL Veteran Rob Schneider claimed that Murray “absolutely hated” the entire ’90s show class, including Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.

Earlier this year, 6 pages reported Murray’s ‘inappropriate behavior’ on set Aziz Ansari’s to be deadly I saw production stop. Details in the complaint claimed the actor had “actually touched” the film’s female staff.

Furthermore, Murray’s quick change Co-star Geena Davis also details her disturbing first encounter with him in her new memoir death of politeness.

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