Invoice Murray has been known as out for unexpectedly kissing his married co-star throughout a stay Q&A on a chat present.
The Ghostbusters actor, 74, appeared on Watch What Occurs Stay alongside Naomi Watts on Monday night (31 March) when issues took a swift flip.
In the course of the Q&A phase of the Bravo present, one fan requested Watts ‘what has been one of the best on-screen kiss of your profession’.
Earlier than she might reply, Murray grabbed her face and kissed her on the mouth.
It appeared that the kiss hadn’t been rehearsed as viewers thought Watts seemed barely stunned by the trade.
Some have since known as it ‘disgusting and shameful’, whereas others mentioned Murray ‘hasn’t moved on’ with the world.
You may check out what occurred under:
After the kiss, Watts chuckled, telling her castmate: “You’ve received lipstick in your face,” earlier than asking if she had gone ‘purple’ over the incident.
“That was too straightforward,” Murray replied, including: “That was approach too straightforward.”
As reported by Decider, she then responded to the preliminary query with: “Properly, in fact, it’s Billy Crudup, my husband.”
Notably, earlier than or after the incident, Watts was seen kissing Murray on the cheek.
Over on social media, nonetheless, viewers had been shocked by what they noticed.
“I really feel so unhealthy for her that she needed to faux to be okay afterwards,” one particular person thought.
“He simply humiliated her on stay TV,” a second penned.
Whereas a 3rd added: “The look he offers the digital camera like…yep and wtf are you gonna do about it?”
One other particular person additionally wrote: “Jesus, the loss of life grip on her face. Poor Naomi.”
As another person mentioned: “When the 80’s meets the noughties. It was by no means proper to do one thing like that again within the day, nevertheless it was accepted excess of it’s now, and rightly so.
“The world’s moved on however Invoice hasn’t. I’m optimistic he meant nothing by it and was merely being himself within the 80’s.
“Terribly misjudged Invoice. Count on a backlash!”
The pair have appeared collectively in new drama The Good friend, which is directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel.
It follows Iris (Watts), a New York author who inherits a 150-pound Nice Dane named Apollo after the sudden loss of life of her buddy and mentor, Walter (Murray).
As Iris copes together with her grief and adjusts to life with Apollo, she navigates advanced relationships with Walter’s three ex-wives, performed by Carla Gugino, Constance Wu, and Noma Dumezweni.
LADbible Group has contacted Invoice Murray and Naomi Watts’ representatives for remark.
