Bill Murray hits the ‘cruel’ biography of his cast partner ‘Snl’ John Belushi

Bill Murray is talking against a “cruel” and “completely inaccurate” representation of his late friend and former “Saturday Night Live” Cast partner John Belushi.

During a Saturday, March 1, appearance in the “Joe Rogan’s experience” Podcast, Murray criticized the biography of journalist Bob Woodward “Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi.”

“I recognize that I only read five pages, but the five pages that I read made me want to set fire,” Murray said, claiming that Woodward spoke with people from the “outer and exterior circle” of Belushi to obtain information for the book. “He was a criminal. Cruel.”

Murray, who appeared in “SNL” from 1977 to 1980, speculated that Woodward was jealous of Belushi, who starred in the Sketch Comedy Show from 1975 to 1979 and died at the age of 33 in 1982.

“The most famous person who comes from Wheaton, Illinois, is John Belushi. The second most famous person who comes from Wheaton, Illinois, is Harold Red Grange, the football player. And the third most famous person coming from Wheaton, Illinois, is Bob Woodward, ”Murray said. “So, there is all my controversy for today.”

Murray added that the biography “smelled fun from day one” and that “I wanted to have anything to do with that.”

“Wired” documented drug use that led to Belushi’s death, but several people who were close to the deceased comedian have had problems with the way they portray it in the biography.

“The biggest crime of that book is that if you read it, you would only assume that John was a pig and a moron, and he was everything,” said director John Landis, who worked with Belushi in “The Blues Brothers” and “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” he said Board In 2013. “It could be abrupt and unpleasant, but most of the time he was totally charming and people worshiped him.”

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Belushi’s wife, Judith Belushi-Pisano, who died in July 2024, also condemned the book despite the fact that Woodward was initially contacted to investigate her husband’s death. She respected Woodward’s reports on Richard Nixon and Watergate scandal and thought she could provide a counter to other sensationized media reports.

“For me, he represented someone who faced authority. I thought he was a person of great integrity, “Judith said about Woodward during an 1984 event that promotes her book” Titters 101: an introduction to women’s humor “, by The oklahoman. “When I read (‘Wired’), I was numb. I saw many problems with that. “

Judith continued: “Basically, it seemed very sensational. That was shocking for me. What I found in this book was not only that it was a misrepresentation of a man, which is, but also has many inaccuracies; Things that are manipulated, facts that are, well, not made, because they are wrong. “

Cost of Belushi “Snl” and “Blues Brothers” Dan Aykroyd He made similar statements during a 1984 television interview with Bobbie Wygant for NBC5.

“It’s really pulpy and garbage, it’s not well written at all,” said Aykroyd about biography. “(Woodward) has certainly avoided the problem of what a funbag John was, what a great guy was, what warm, humorous, worried and brilliant, educated and well read this guy was. … For my part, I only think it is a very depressing summer reading. “