Bill Murray Hijacks White House Press Room Because He's Bill Murray

Of course Bill Murray crashed a White House press room to take to the podium and talk about baseball.

Murray, a life long Chicago Cubs fan, was in Washington to accept the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humour when he crashed the briefing.

Addressed as "Mr. President" by one reporter, the legendary actor and comedian was asked if he thought the Cubs would beat the LA Dodgers this weekend to reach their first World Series since 1945.

"I feel very confident that Clayton Kershaw is a great, great pitcher but we got too many sticks, we got too many sticks," Murray said.

"At home with our crowd, the weather... we also have a little bit of autumn in Chicago, you don't get that in Los Angeles. Trees just die in Los Angeles; in Illinois they flourish."

Murray was also in town to meet with Barack Obama whose presidency will shortly be drawing to a close.

Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston tweeted a joking response to the ad hoc appearance, mimicking Donald Trump's recent comments towards the US voting system.

"Proof positive. Cubs surrogate @BillMurray inside the White House! The NLCS [National League Championship Series] is rigged! If the #crookedcubs win the series I will not concede."

Featured image credit: NBC

Topics: White House

Josh Teal

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