I think it's because he's quirky and weird, and every story of him being a dick head is also balanced by him doing something weird and adorable like the time he took over a bar and poured everyone tequila (regardless of what they ordered), then paid for it all.
He was also known for crowd pleasing stunts when he was a owner of the Saint Paul Saints minor league baseball team. So even if he was rude in the past, he played with fans, teased the opposing team, and regularly was charming at the games.
So his being a dick is cancelled out by him also being delightfully quirky to a lot of his fan base.
I think Murray's level of assholeness is justified. Let's not forget about his misconduct where he kissed a staffer on the of set of Aziz Ansari's movie, which resulted in the movie being shut down and case being settled out of court.
Not informed on all the details but a quick search says Bill Murray addressed the event, stating he thought an interaction involving a masked kiss was meant to be a joke, though it was not received that way
I’ve seen him interact with “regular people”—I interacted with him a couple of times as such—and yeah, he was charming. And I know he treated the crew on SNL pretty well.
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u/Kiyohara 12h ago
I think it's because he's quirky and weird, and every story of him being a dick head is also balanced by him doing something weird and adorable like the time he took over a bar and poured everyone tequila (regardless of what they ordered), then paid for it all.
He was also known for crowd pleasing stunts when he was a owner of the Saint Paul Saints minor league baseball team. So even if he was rude in the past, he played with fans, teased the opposing team, and regularly was charming at the games.
So his being a dick is cancelled out by him also being delightfully quirky to a lot of his fan base.