By Katherine Tinsley
6:51pm PST, Mar 4, 2025
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Bill Murray revealed he doesn't believe journalist
Bob Woodward's exposure of
Richard Nixon after reading his biography on his late friend
John Belushi.
The comedian described the project as inaccurate, leading him to question the infamous Watergate scandal.
Keep reading for more on what he had to say…
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Woodward, who is an award-winning journalist, and his investigation of Nixon led to the president's resignation.
Members of Nixon's re-election committee placed listening devices in the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building, which greatly impacted Nixon's political career.
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Murray discussed his reaction to reading Wired with Joe Rogan on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
"When I read Wired, the book written by what's his name? Woodward. About Belushi. I read like five pages of Wired, and I went, 'Oh my God. They framed Nixon,'" he told the UFC commentator.
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Nixon became the only American president to relieve himself of duties, but Murray wonders if there was foul play involved.
"If this is what he writes about my friend that I've known, you know, for, you know, half of my adult life — which is completely inaccurate, talking to like, the people of the outer outer circle, getting the story — what the h*** could they have done to Nixon?" he asked.
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Murray later revealed that he didn't finish the book, but the small pieces he consumed, he didn't believe to be true.
"I just felt like if he did this to my friend like this, and I acknowledge I only read five pages but the five pages I read made me want to set fire to the whole thing," he continued.
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The Ghostbusters star's opinion of Woodward changed due to his portrayal of Belushi.
"See if you get those five pages I went," Murray stated. "If he did this to Belushi, what he did in Nixon's is probably soiled for me, too. I can't, I can't take it."
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Woodward spoke to Belushi's widow, former coworkers and more for the project. However, Murray questioned the quality of the reporter's examination.
"And I know you say, well, you could have two sources and everything like that, but the two sources that he had, if he had them for the Wired book, were so far outside the inner circle that it was it was criminal," Murray claimed.
