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Bill Murray 'hated' SNL cast members including Adam Sandler and Chris Farley when he co-hosted the show in the 90s, former co-star Rob Schneider has claimed.

SNL alum Rob, 58, said the 72-year-old Groundhog Day actor harbored a 'naked rage' towards the cast, adding he 'absolutely hated us' during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Faction Talk on Thursday.

Murray was part of SNL's principal cast from 1977-1989 but returned to guest host the show five times between 1981-1999. He worked alongside cast members Rob, Adam and the late Chris Farley when he emceed the show in 1993.

Ghostbusters star Murray has recently been hit by accusations of inappropriate sexual behaviour to a female staffer earlier this year, as well as purported bullying on set.

Schneider said: 'He was super nice to fans, he wasn’t very nice to us.'

Schneider claims Murray 'really hated' Adam Sandler, surmising that he 'couldn't get into the groove of the actor's skits. 

He said: 'Sandler was just committed to it, and just like, as soon as he would get on, you could see the audience just ate him up.'

Deuce Bigalow star Rob also alleged Murray hated Chris Farley 'with a passion, like he was just seething looking at him' - claiming he despised the star's hedonistic lifestyle. Chris battled alcohol and illicit drug abuse during his life, dying aged just 33 in 1997.

Rob said: 'I want to believe that it’s because Chris thought it was cool to be Belushi, who [was] his friend who he saw die [in 1982], that he thought it was cool to be that out of control. That’s my interpretation, but I don’t really know.'

Schneider says he is proud that Murray 'hated me less because he’s my hero.'

DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Bill Murray for comment. 

Murray famously had a backstage brawl with co-star Chevy Chase, 79 , shortly before a 1978 episode in which Chase returned to host.

According to the comediennes, the tension between the comic legends turned physical backstage shortly before a 1978 episode in which Chase, 77, returned to host.

SNL vet Laraine Newman recalled that she and Jane Curtin had seen the fight, which broke out in John Belushi's dressing room, along with their late costar Gilda Radner.

'It was very sad and painful and awful,' she said.

'It was that same kind of tension that you would get in a family,' Curtin continued. 'And everybody goes to their corners because they don't want to have to deal with the tension. And it was uncomfortable.'\

She described Murray and Chase as 'two bull mooses going at each other' and said, 'the testosterone was surging and stuff happens.'

The two were tight-lipped when it came to what exactly started the fight, but Newman said cryptically, 'I think they both knew the one thing that they could say to one another that would hurt the most, and that's what I think incited it.'

Despite the unprofessional moment, Cohen noted that Murry and Chase worked again together in 1980s Caddyshack, where 'everything worked out,' though the two share few scenes in the classic golf comedy.

The claims come amid claims Murray paid a female staffer $100,000 after he kissed and straddled her on set, leading to the movie being canned.

The comedian was working on Being Mortal earlier this year when he is said to have interacted with the unidentified woman.

She claims she was unable to move because of his weight, it is alleged, with Murray later paying the woman $100,000, it was reported.  

The April incident on the set of the $20 million movie - controversial comedian Aziz Ansari's directorial debut - caused Disney to shut down production, and there's no indication as to whether the movie will ever be completed.

Murray had been overly friendly and allegedly 'sexual' with one female production staffer - whose name has been kept anonymous, according to Puck.

The actor claims that he believed the woman had been flirting with him and at one stage, he and the woman were close to a bed.

It was then that he allegedly began kissing her body and straddling her, leaving her unable to move because of his weight on top of her.  

Murray then moved in to kiss the woman on the mouth, although the pair were both wearing face masks, it is claimed. The alleged action took place in front of witnesses.

Murray immediately said his antics were meant to be playful but the woman saw it as sexual and was said to be horrified by what had occurred, according to Puck.

The woman immediately complained, with her allegations backed up by a second staffer who saw what happened, it is claimed.

Searchlight suspended the production of the film, although the exact reasons were not detailed in an any company memo distributed to the crew.

It would be Aziz Ansari's directorial debut.

A source told Puck how Murray felt terrible over what had happened, particularly that fellow crew members lost their jobs as a result of the production halting.

Murray and the woman eventually reached a settlement with the actor paying her just over $100,000 in exchange for complete confidentiality as part of a non-disclosure agreement, Puck reported.

The woman is also said to have waived any rights to legal claims she might have been able to make against the producers, including Searchlight and Disney.