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Legendary Hollywood actor Bill Murray trashed Bob Woodward during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, challenging the author’s work after delving into just a few pages of Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi, Woodward’s 1984 tome chronicling the life of John Belushi. Murray was clearly underwhelmed by Woodward’s attempt to capture the character of his friend and fellow actor Belushi, claiming Woodward’s lackadaisical relationship with the facts could easily have been transposed into his work as a Washington Post reporter in the early 1907s that helped topple U.S. President Richard Nixon via the Watergate scandal..

Bill Murray has sparked backlash against journalist Bob Woodward after confronting him over alleged lies he told about the late John Belushi in his 1984 biography, Groundhog Day star Murray, 74, clashed with Woodward, 81, at a Washington event Sunday - one day after trashing the writer for his book Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi in a candid chat on the Joe Rogan Experience. Murray had said of Woodward - who alongside fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, uncovered President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal: 'When I read Wired, the book written by what's-his-name, Bob Woodward,...