While most viewers were laughing at “SNL” skits, behind the scenes it was more like Saturday Spite Live when Bill Murray was hosting.
Comedy icon Bill Murray might be revered by fellow “Saturday Night Live” alums, but apparently, the feeling wasn’t always mutual.
Former cast member Rob Schneider claimed that 72-year-old Murray wasn’t a big fan of the “SNL” cast when he hosted the NBC sketch comedy show in the 90s.
“He was super nice to fans, he wasn’t very nice to us,” 58-year-old Schneider revealed during a Thursday guest spot on SiriusXM’s “The Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show.” “He hated us on ‘Saturday Night Live’ when he hosted. Absolutely hated us.”
“It was just naked rage,” he added of their seeming senior-freshmen lunch room dynamic.
Schneider claimed Murray, who was on “SNL” from 1977 to 1980, but guest-hosted five times from 1981 to1999who was on “SNL” from 1977 to 1980 but guest-hosted five times from 1981 to1999, especially hated Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.
They were on the cast, along with Schneider, when Murray MCed the show in 1993.
“He hated Chris Farley with a passion,” said Schneider. “Like he was just seething looking at him.”
“I guess Bill despised Farley’s lifestyle,” Schneider referred to Farley’s death at 33 from a drug overdose. “He didn’t like that he would emulate and do comedy of John Belushi, who was close pals with Bill.”
“I want to believe that it’s because Chris thought it was cool to be Belushi, who was his friend who he saw die, that he thought it was cool to be that out of control,” postulated Schneider. “That’s my interpretation, but I don’t really know.”
“However, even though he hated most of our cast in the 90s, I’d say he hated me the least,” Schneider claimed. “I took great pleasure in that he hated me less, because he’s my hero.”
Another among Bill Murray’s blacklist was Adam Sandler.
“He really hated Sandler too,” said Schneider, who didn’t know why but speculated that Murray wasn’t “really into the groove” of the “Happy Gilmore” star’s vibe.
“Sandler was just committed to it, and just like, as soon as he would get on, you could see the audience just ate him up,” the comedian said.
Interestingly, Murray also notably had feuds with “SNL” co-star Chevy Chase, with whom he reportedly got into a physical altercation with in 1978.
Bill had class. The others were classless..
Bill was jealous because chris farley would steal the show with his comedy.