Thursday, July 3, 2025

Photographic Proof Shows Bill Murray Stealing Stranger’s French Fries

Bill Murray has a long history of eccentric behaviour in public, although it appears he is particularly fond of snatching up food from strangers' plates.

Bill Murray may have played his fair share of down and out characters, but his estimated net worth sits at around $140 million (R1,9 billion).

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t like causing a little havoc in public, and the internet is full of tales of his trouble-making.

His most famous French Fries-stealing incident dates back to 2010, when he snatched a few off someone’s plate in New York. He then told the victim that no one would believe them, although with incident number two under his belt a clear pattern is beginning to form.

Bill is outta control, and it’s Vanity Fair with the proof:

“Seemed like he was just getting his friends to the airport; flight was delayed so they went for a bite”—and that the random act of food theft “gave everyone in the restaurant a good laugh.” As the photographer/friend of the victim describes it, before Murray popped the fry in his mouth (without dipping first!), “he walked in with a (very good looking) man and woman, and a few heads had turned when they came in.

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They took a fairly private spot, but I had a clear sideways view and could see him occasionally looking around the room in a rather obvious way. I thought about asking for an autograph, my friend dissuaded me . . . ” Little did his friend know he was about to lose some of his lunch.

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I like to think Bill’s the kind of guy whose table you could walk to, grab a handful of fries and walk off without fear of serious repercussion.

For that we cut him slack on the food-stealing front. You just do you Bill, although aren’t they called Freedom Fries these days?

[source:vanityfair]