MEATBALL MURRAY BURNING BRIDGES

H'wood dinosaur's poor-me act turns everyone off

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AGING funnyman Bill Murray's new flick is called The Friend, but insiders say he could use more pals in Hollywood, where he's been turning folks off by acting like a rude, grouchy lout!

The 74-year-old Caddyshack curmudgeon has been dogged by bad publicity for a few years since his alleged raunchy behavior with a young female worker on the film Being Mortal led to the partially shot movie getting canceled entirely.

“He's now tried to use this press tour for his movie The Friend to reverse some of that damage, doing a bunch of no-questions-off-limits interviews that ultimately landed with a thud,” spills an insider.

“Bill's latest run of interviews was an outright failure and only reminded people how out of touch he truly is.