"the 57-year-old performer "told her she was 'lucky he didn't kill her.'"

Well, at least we now what he whispered to ScarJo.

pdn

I miss Phil Hartman.

hummingpenguin Also, no poodles

"adultery, addiction to marijuana and alcohol, abusive behavior, physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment"

The husband is terrible... and in such small portions.

OldTowneTavern

Bill Murray divorcing
Anne Heche divorced (or divorcing)
George Clooney - single - again!
Jodie Foster - separated ?
Ellen Degeneres getting married!

Must be Hollywood!

Who's next ? Sharon Stone !

gunhilde

@Sweet Panda Love: I think it's somehow related to the "Clown Correlary" which states that said clown's private life is indirectly proportionate to the laughs he brings on-screen.

So...For every, "Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear. And when I do, it's usually something special." a kitten dies. Or something like that.

CourageousCoward

What's with the correlation between on-screen charm and off-screen assholism?

Sweet Panda Love

@juniperjenny:

I think the pre-ex lives in Charleston, not Bill. I think I've met your brother though. Is he responsible for the "Rainbow Row" house color scheme?

Billo, I believe, still spends a good deal of time in North San Diego County....

inkydinkydo

@juniperjenny: I thought he was Jersey, which would explain this type of behavior.

Juancho

Oh, say it ain't so, Bill! I, among many, thought your post Jesper-Parnevik-party golf cart tour of Stockholm was simply charming.

Does this explain why we don't see you at the(Top Secret San Diego County Location) Little League games any more? The Baseball Mommies just thought your boys had gotten too old.

You can come anytime anyway; especially if you bring Tim Robbins, or anyone else cute and sorta famous. The BMs aren't picky.

inkydinkydo

A violent womanizer addicted to marijuana? He's got reefer madness! I'm just excited to find out he lives in Charleston. My brother probably deals to him.

juniperjenny

. . . and gag

bichon

Sigh...

TryThisAtHome

Bill has a place around Piermont, NY, just up the Hudson from NYC.

deliriousnyc

A funny guy with a dark side and/or bitch wife?
Kell soopreez!

ThighHigh

@WGARefugee:

I'll agree with you wholeheartedly.

"Freaks & Geeks" fans will remember the line (although it's supposed to make her seem like a bitch) from the scene of Sam and Cindy Sanders watching "The Jerk":

Sam: Do you want some popcorn?
Cindy: Will popcorn make this movie funnier?

Truer words. Truer words.

And Bill Murray. Waaaaaay overrated. Although "Quick Change" had its moments. But the real star of that movie is 1989 NYC.

icallthebigonebitey

"...in which he mowed down several herring stands on the streets of Stockholm, drunkenly piloting a golf cart he briefly mistook for a mighty Viking vessel. We can only hope the ensuing legal proceedings won't grow even uglier..."

Don't worry, I'm sure he will get a full and fair herring in court.

TripMcCane

@WGARefugee:

Worst opinion ever.

Understater

Can Murray's "secret life" help explain _this_

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I'm Waitin' for Dolemite

Who is Phil Hartman?

gunhilde

@juniperjenny: So if I'm ever in Charelston, can I have your brother's number?

Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention

Am I the only one here who doesn't find Bill Murray funny? I see him as a post-modern comic actor, like Steve Martin, who is always in ironic mode, satirizing comic conventions but never working without that reflexive safety net. He's not Lenny Bruce or Buster Keaton. He's not even Adam Carolla (who was really funny when he was improvising late at night on Loveline).

WGARefugee

a) He's funny.

b) I'm taking the complaint with a grain of salt. After all, maybe "lucky he didn't kill her" meant she was lucky for not walking into his backswing:

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Tiger_Tanaka

Addicted to marijuana? COMPUTER SAYS NO

NoGrumpys

Give Bill a break. As he said in 'Stripes' "Did you ever see a monk get wildly f**ked by some teenage girls?"

Whiteboyfunfark

.... and yet, she had 4 kids with him. I have a feeling the abuse did not start 10 years into the marriage, but more like 6 months months later.

Decebal

Abuse is no joke, but seriously... can we just stop calling potheads "Drug Addicted"? It's pot. A plant. Given by the God, or Gods, or Goddess, or whatev. It's not a fricking drug. Rant over.

kityglitr

@gunhilde: Are yo useriously asking who Phil Hartman is? [www.imdb.com]

CourageousCoward

Whether the allegations are true or not, is it necessary to file this type of character assasination when petitioning for divorce? (honest question) I think here (in Canada) we have no-fault divorce and you just say it's over, get the paperwork done, move on. (ideally)
When a couple has children, why would either one of them choose to drag the other one's reputation through the mud. It reeks of vengence and bitterness, but worse, abject selfishness. No intention here to excuse or cover-up abuse, just wonder if these allegations of "past" behavior are pertinent or necessary when dissolving the marriage.

ThereMustBeAPony

While abuse is terrible(it's unforgivable), so is crying it. I will be interested in hearing his side of the story.

richardmarxhatesmyhair

Was it "Slave to Love" that he karaoke'd in "Lost in Translation"? Hmm.

depardoo

Guy always struck me as a self-important asswipe.

SecureLocation

I guess she just didn't appreciate the Aunt Jemima Treatment.

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tbolt

@mr.Man: Word.

@depardoo: More Than This. Nice try, though.

@ThereMustBeAPony: Everything is better in Canada, except the football.

Tiger_Tanaka

@kityglitr:
neither than, is opium?

lizzybennet

@WGARefugee: "He's not even Adam Corolla."

Jesus Christ...

And, Yeah, you're the only one on Team Corolla when he's up against Bill Fucking Murray.

...SNL, Caddieshack, Tootsie, Groundhog Day, Kingpin, Rushmore, Stripes...

@gunhilde: And for you: Grrr.....

mr.Man

This makes me sad; but it seems like in one of those SNL tell-all books it says something about Murray being less than gentlemanly with then girlfriend Gilda Radner.

WasatchMan

True BM story: While him and his wife were getting gas at a local station on route to the Hamptons a few years ago, he asked an attendant there not pumping his gas (who happened to be an acquaintance) where is the closest place to grab some grub. My friend "Joey" began explaining the way to the main road with a bunch of crap at it all the while eating his lunch of fries. Murray settled up, grabbed the fries out of my friend's hands and said "Look, its a lot closer than you think". Only in Hollywood could a pock marked asshole become a household name. And I would still schtoop him any day.

ArtfulSlinger

@tbolt: whoa, we were posting this simultaniously, hence: jinx! ;)

Tits_LaRue

The major bullshit flag for me is that she didn't call the cops over any of this stuff. That's what you do when someone hits you in the face and insinuates that he'll kill you because of reefer rage or whatever. Alternateley, maybe he's just so funny and charming that it takes a couple of years of addled cruelty to finally split up with him.

RaptorAvatar

Aww, say it isn't so, Bill Murray! Also: sexual addictions? Do they have anything to do with a spatula?

Tits_LaRue

@ThereMustBeAPony: Dragging someone's name through the mud implies that he didn't do anything that bad. If he did do as stated, it doesn't sound like "no fault". Also, I'm not sure, but even if you don't get official points for being the victim of these sort of actions, you do probably get sympathy points.

Itsjustcatnip

Has anyone seen any of the films he's been in over the last decade? Heard accounts of him in his younger years? Heard of the drunk golf cart driving? I really can't imagine that this could shatter anyone's illusions of him. Plus it's a divorce filing. Christ knows what percentage of it is true. Somewhere between 15 and 85?

KristaJulieva

Cocaine's a helluva drug.

CourageousCoward

I'm still trying to figure out why she sees his "frequent abandonment" as a negative: "He's hardly around to beat me anymore!"

OldTowneTavern

He's a fine actor and funny enough, but I'm pretty certain it's no great secret that he's an unstoppably huge asshole. Why would that behavior not extend to his wife? (unfortch)

DannielynSpears

is anyone else wondering how Jennifer Aniston is taking all this?

EuroDad

I don't see any police reports about domestic violence calls on that smoking gun article.

Hell hath no fury, anyone? My Mom said some HATEFUL shit about my Dad when they got divorced.

yorktronic

@WGARefugee: No bet...we ain't speaking the same language and I wouldn't feel right taking your money.

You're comparing Bill Murray to a guy who used to ride shotgun with Danny Bonaduce. Whether or not he's got "improv experience" means fuck-all when he's contrasted against...

* Check, please. There's too much batshit-insanity in my drink. *

P.S. I actually LIKE Corolla. He just ain't going into the ground as one of the cornerstones of twentieth-century comedy. Bill Murray will (and Chevy won't. Ha, Ha Chevy!!!)

mr.Man

This better not fuck up the "Ghostbusters 3" production schedule is all I can say.

I ain't afraid of no ghost!

DrFeelgood

@mr.Man: "Yeah, you're the only one on Team Corolla when he's up against Bill Fucking Murray."

I'll take that bet. Carolla has years of improv experience. Can't vouch for his writing or his tv shows but with the right sparring partner/foil, he kicks ass as an improviser.

Mike O'Connell is also much funnier than Bill Murray.

WGARefugee

"Bill? Hi! It's Greta...No, not Van Susteren. Silly boy, it's Greta Scaachi! Yeah, it's been a long time...I'm, well, I'm good...Hey, I'm throwing a party on Friday and I was wondering..."

Little Mintz Sunshine

Murray paid for a friend of mine's hospital bills and funeral--something he was under no obligation to do--so he's okay in my books, regardless.

Cacafuego

You can become addicted to alcohol!? What?! Says who? When?

StaringatScreen

Addicted to marijuana? Apparently not addicted enough if he was abusing the wifey. I hope the judge brings that up in court.

"You sir, need to stop drinking alcohol and start smoking MORE pot. What were you thinking!?"

Strawberry-Switchblade

@EuroDad: That is the best response to this whole sordid affair.

OldTowneTavern

@Itsjustcatnip: You may not get "points", but in some No Fault states, bad acts/egregious behavior has bearing on alimony.

Shelwood

One of her main problems with Murray was his golf/pot habit. She claims that on many occasions he would go shoot 36 holes in the afternoon and then just get stoned to the bejeezus belt that night.

frodo2206

Oooooookay. I was writing out a comment then my computer freaked out on me. I'm worried it's just gonna pop up momentarily in which case there'll be double up and I'll look stupid. But whatever.

I'm kind of late to this Bill Murray thing. But I wanna say this: Bill Murray is kind of a hero of mine. But by all accounts he's a totally self destructive sonofabitch. He's a foul tempered, manic depressive who takes full responsibility for the failure of his previous marriage. He's also from what I understand very aware of his own failings, and has a good heart deep down. He's a troubled guy with a lot of problems, and it makes me very sad to hear about this latest development.

As for the rest of you guys...

@WGARefugee: You are crazy. Bill Murray not funny? ...We would never hang out.

@kityglitr: Seriously? Not a drug cos it's a plant? ...Go back to your bong hippie. Is heroin not a drug because it's made from poppy seeds? And yeah, pot addiction. There's a lot more to addiction than chemical dependency. Especially if you have a history of emotional problems.

@RaptorAvatar: Maybe she was attempting to save her marriage. Or to not involve the press. Dude, as far as I'm concerned false claims about domestic abuse are as bad as abuse itself, but you have no way of knowing whether she's telling the truth or not. I get weirded out when people call bullshit on this stuff without evidence. Imagine what that would be like to deal with if you were a victim.

Benny

Fuck.
Well, all I know is, he and Belushi made me laugh so hard I was almost sick. Many, many times.

@gunhilde: Are you fucking kidding?

Xylo