‘To me it’s still funny … it’s still stupid’: Bill Murray speaks out about sexual misconduct allegations

The actor said he was barbecued' after a complaint on the set of Being Mortal in 2022, which shut down production on the film

Bill Murray has said he feels he was barbecued" by a sexual misconduct allegation on the set of a 2022 comedy, which led to the film being cancelled and his reaching a financial settlement with the woman who accused him of straddling her and kissing her.

It wasn't like I touched her," said Murray to the New York Times in a new interview. I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she wasn't a stranger."

Murray defended his actions to the paper, saying that the complainant was someone that I worked with, that I had had lunch with on various days of the week". The actor put his actions down to trying to be amusing in a strained and claustrophobic setting.