Actor Seth Green has joined the growing list of accusers claiming to have had uncomfortable experiences with veteran actor Bill Murray, recounting a bizarre experience that he said occurred backstage at “Saturday Night Live.”
The “Robot Chicken” actor detailed the scene during an appearance on the YouTube show “Good Mythical Morning” with hosts Rhett and Link, explaining that he had been part of a holiday-themed sketch on the show one of the times that Murray had hosted.
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“When I was nine years old, I did a spot on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ when Mary Gross was one of the on-the-scene anchor people for the news,” Green began. “And she did a whole thing about what kids think about the Christmas holiday. And I was a nine-year-old kid, and the whole gag was like these kids are not talking about the magic or the joy of it.”
The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum admitted that he had never actually told this particular story before and went on to explain that he had been hanging out in the green room prior to his sketch when Murray came in and caused a scene over a chair.
“Bill Murray was hosting the show, and as everybody knows, Bill Murray is great with kids,” Green said sarcastically, prompting laughter from the hosts.
“So, he saw me sitting on the arm of this chair and made a big fuss about me being in his seat,” Green said. “And I was like, ‘That is absurd. I am sitting on the arm of this couch. There are several lengths of this sofa. Kindly, eff off.’ And he was like, ‘That’s my chair.'”
“My mom goes, ‘You know, since he’s the Bill Murray you should maybe give him his seat. And I go, ‘This is — I’ve never been more indignant, to be told the arm of this chair is — 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?'” Green continued.
Green said that Murray responded by lifting him up by his ankles and dangling him upside down over a trash can. “Trash goes in the trash can,” Murray said, according to Green.
“I was screaming and I swung my arms and flailed wildly, full contact with his balls, full contact,” Green added. “He dropped me in the trash can, the trash can falls over. I was horrified. I ran away, hid under the table in my dressing room, and like just cried and cried.”
Green said that it was Eddie Murphy and Tim Kazurinsky who ultimately talked him down and convinced him to do the show, telling him, “Hey, everybody knows Bill’s a d**k.”