--- title: Photos Reveal Bill Murray Definitely Enjoyed a Fry With a Stranger description: Bill Murray is America's #1 French Fry Fan. canonical: https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-22T15:39:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:42.914Z og:title: There Are Now Photos of Bill Murray Eating Fries With Fans og:description: Bill Murray is America's #1 French Fry Fan og:url: https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05bfa6496c7df753/6988a32eab6d771d1c6aaf90/gettyimages-476305881-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3379 og:image:height: 1901 og:image:alt: 86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There Are Now Photos of Bill Murray Eating Fries With Fans twitter:description: Bill Murray is America's #1 French Fry Fan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05bfa6496c7df753/6988a32eab6d771d1c6aaf90/gettyimages-476305881-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Photos Reveal Bill Murray Enjoyed French Fries With a Random Person at the Airport > Sponsored content. 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Frazer Harrison-Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 22, 2016 3:39 PM UTC There’s an unsubstantiated internet [story](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/biowx/i%5Fofficially%5Flove%5Fbill%5Fmurray/?st=is3ks9py&sh=33023a8e) about Bill Murray that gets told around the campfire about how he helped himself to some French fries off of a stranger’s plate and when the stranger gawked at the fry-loving [_Ghostbusters_ ](http://time.com/4364081/ghostbusters-jimmy-kimmel-melissa-mccarthy-bill-murray/?iid=sr-link4)star, Murray simply laughed, “No one will ever believe you!” and walked off. That story, true or not, has been passed around the internet more than [tiny hamsters eating tiny food](http://time.com/92444/watch-a-tiny-hamster-eat-a-tiny-slice-of-pizza/?iid=sr-link3). Now there’s more compelling evidence. A new story of French fry aficionado, [engagement fan](http://time.com/2864357/bill-murray-crashed-an-engagement-photo-shoot-because-hes-bill-murray/?iid=sr-link4), and [noted party crasher](http://time.com/3378575/bill-murray-crashed-birthday-danced-to-turn-down-for-what/?iid=sr-link3) Murray is being spread online with one distinct difference—photos. According to Reddit user [Sonowthatimhere](https://www.reddit.com/user/sonowthatimhere), Murray shared some fries with his friend at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Saturday and he was able to snap [a photo](https://twitter.com/YL%5FNinja/status/767315831504171008?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) of it. According to the Redditor, “Seemed like \[Murray\] was just getting his friends to the airport; flight was delayed so they went for a bite.” He added that Murray sharing in the fries “gave everyone in the restaurant a good laugh,” which is all anyone really wants when their flight is delayed. This September, when [Bill Murray Day](http://time.com/3271959/bill-murray-day-canada-toronto-film-festival/?iid=sr-link1) comes, eat some fries to celebrate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/"},"headline":"Photos Reveal Bill Murray Enjoyed French Fries With a Random Person at the Airport","datePublished":"2016-08-22T15:39:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:42.914Z","description":"Bill Murray is America's #1 French Fry Fan","url":"https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Airports","Bill Murray","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05bfa6496c7df753/6988a32eab6d771d1c6aaf90/gettyimages-476305881-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05bfa6496c7df753/6988a32eab6d771d1c6aaf90/gettyimages-476305881-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Frazer Harrison-Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4461233/bill-murray-french-fries-photo/","name":"Photos Reveal Bill Murray Enjoyed French Fries With a Random Person at the Airport"}}]}] ```