The 1997 wedding was the start of something big - Bill and Jennifer would ultimately have four sons together and last over a decade before finally divorcing in 2008. Shortly after his divorce from Margaret, Bill married costume designer Jennifer Butler, who is known for her work on films like Groundhog Day, Firestarter, and Last of the Mohicans. “It’s not a selfish thing … it’s sort of an obligation.”īill Murray and Jennifer Butler (Alex Berliner/BEI/Shutterstock) “Not to diminish a relationship with a woman … I can’t take on another relationship if I’m not taking care of the things I really need to take care of the most,” he told Howard Stern in a 2014 radio appearance. Still, Margaret, who reportedly met Bill on the set of his movie Stripes, saw the actor though many of his most visible successes, including Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Ed Wood, Tootsie, Scrooged, What About Bob, and Groundhog Day. Bill’s marriage to Margaret has flown under the radar, but he did give a hint of insight as to why it didn’t work out in a radio interview. But by 1996 the relationship had run its course, and amid rumors of an affair with costume designer Jennifer Butler, they divorced. The couple had two sons together, Homer, 40, now a well-known Brooklyn restaurateur, and Luke, an assistant coach for University of Louisville’s men’s basketball, 37. “I thought he was trying to drive me insane,” Mickey told Rolling Stone of the night they eloped. Learn everything there is to know about Bill’s marriages, and divorces, including his rumored split from Kelis below.īill married Margaret “Mickey” Kelley in Las Vegas on January 25,1981, then had a second ceremony for their families in Chicago. (DAVID SWANSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock / Christopher Polk/Shutterstock)īut in June of 2023, more than two years after the 2021 death of Jennifer, a report claimed Bill is dating “Milkshake” hitmaker Kelis, a mom of three and widow after her husband passed away in March of 2022. Bill Murray and Kelis reportedly dated from Jun. Allegations of inappropriate behavior were leveled against him in 2022, further complicating his personal life. But despite having six sons across two marriages, both of the unions ended in divorce - and the 72-year-old actor has never remarried since he split from his second wife Jennifer Butler back in 2008. 25, 2023.įrom Ghostbusters to Lost in Translation and beyond, Bill Murray has been enormously successful and highly versatile as an actor.

In June of 2023, a report emerged that he’s currently dating Kelis, however, they reportedly split by Aug.He’s welcomed six children across two marriages.Bill Murray has been married and divorced twice.In her six-page court filing, Jennifer said Murray “hit in the face and then told her she was ‘lucky he didn’t kill her.Image Credit: Alex Berliner/BEI/Shutterstock According to Murray’s now ex-wife, she felt like she had to move her children because of her husband’s addiction to sex, marijuana, and alcohol. In addition to the divorce, Jennifer requested a restraining order against her husband. She cited Murray’s drug addiction, physical abuse, adultery, and abandonment. Meanwhile, Murray and Jennifer welcomed four kids into the world: Caleb, Jackson, Cooper, and Lincoln.īut in 2008, Jennifer filed for divorce on some pretty seriousgrounds. Including Lost in Translation - which earned him an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In the 10 years of their marriage, Murray would star in some of his most critically acclaimed movies. They reconnected after Murray’s divorce and were married in 1997. She was a costume designer on the set of the movie Scrooged in 1988. Murray met his second wife Jennifer Butler years before his first marriage.

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