Invoice Murray has revealed that he’s nonetheless bothered by an on-set kiss that sparked a sexual misconduct allegation in 2022.
The actor lately informed The New York Occasions that he doesn’t “go too many days or weeks without thinking” about what occurred whereas taking pictures “Being Mortal,” which was set to be Aziz Ansari’s characteristic directorial debut earlier than manufacturing was suspended after a grievance about Murray’s conduct.
“I tried to make peace. I thought I was trying to make peace. I ended up being, to my mind, barbecued,” mentioned Murray, who appeared to substantiate a earlier report that he kissed a crew member on the mouth whereas they wore face masks.
He added that he isn’t certain what “prompted” him to kiss the crew member, who was reportedly “much younger” than him.
“It’s something that I had done to someone else before, and I thought it was funny, and every time it happened, it was funny,” Murray informed the Occasions.
“I was wearing a mask, and I gave her a kiss, and she was wearing a mask. It wasn’t like I touched her, but it was just, I gave her a kiss through a mask. And she wasn’t a stranger,” he mentioned.
Murray, in a press release on the time, mentioned he and the crew member had been “talking and trying to make peace with each other.”
Ansari has reportedly turned his consideration to his upcoming movie “Good Fortune,” which is ready to be launched later this 12 months, earlier than he returns to “Being Mortal.”
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Murray informed the Occasions that the kiss “still bothers” him as a result of the movie was “stopped by the human rights or ‘H & R’ of the Disney corporation.”
“It turned out there were pre-existing conditions and all this kind of stuff. I’m like, what? How was anyone supposed to know anything like that? There was no conversation, there was nothing. There was no peacemaking, nothing,” mentioned Murray, including that the incident went into “this arbitration.”
He continued: “If anyone ever suggests you go to arbitration: Don’t do it. Never ever do it. Because you think it’s justice, and it isn’t.”
When requested if he “learned something” from the expertise, Murray mentioned, “I think so. You can teach an old dog new tricks. But it was a great disappointment, because I thought I knew someone, and I did not.”
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“I certainly thought it was light. I thought it was funny. To me it’s still funny, the idea that you could give someone a kiss with a mask on. It’s still stupid. It’s all it was.”
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