{"id":213571,"date":"2023-08-26T07:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=213571"},"modified":"2023-08-26T07:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T07:24:31","slug":"bill-murray-72-and-kelis-44-split-after-two-months-of-dating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/bill-murray-72-and-kelis-44-split-after-two-months-of-dating\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Murray, 72, and Kelis, 44, SPLIT after two months of dating"},"content":{"rendered":"
After a two-month summer romance, Bill Murray and Kelis have split.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 72-year-old Ghostbusters star wasn’t the one to end it, according to The Sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A source informed the outlet that it was the 44-year-old Milkshake singer that ultimately decided to pull the plug.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, the breakup was amicable, per the insider, who said, ‘Kelis and Bill were \u2014 and still are \u2014 very fond of each other but things just ran their course.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
They added, ‘They both have busy schedules and after a whirlwind romance decided to go their separate ways.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Splitsville: Bill Murray, 72, and Kelis, 44, have split after two months of dating; (L) Bill pictured\u00a02023, (R) Kelis seen in 2022\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Harlem-born beauty previously addressed her rumored relationship with the Groundhog Day star back in June when a fan on Instagram asked her, ‘Ma’am would you care to address these Bill Murray allegations?’\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fan joked, ‘Cuz damn! What he doing with all that?’<\/p>\n
Staying vague in her response, the Bossy singer replied, ‘Lol no babe, I wouldn’t bother at all.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the insider, ‘They hope to remain friends but also plan to get on with their lives,’ following their August split.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The romance reportedly started after the death of the Midnight Snacks’s singer’s second husband, Mike Mora \u2014 who tragically passed away from stomach cancer in March 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Caddyshack star was allegedly spotted joining Kelis on her recent summer tour, where the May\/December romance began.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Per the same anonymous source, ‘Whatever brought them together, they are both single and having fun despite the fairly big age gap.’<\/p>\n
The Charlie’s Angels star apparently grew close to the Trick Me singer after a ‘chance meeting’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Single and ready to mingle: The singing and songwriting beauty was the one who allegedly pulled the plug on the relationship with the Lost In Translation star\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Unexpected: They first sparked romance rumors after Bill was seen watching Kelis’ show ‘from the side of the stage in London’ and a number of other performances this year, according to The U.S. Sun; She is seen\u00a02023 in London<\/p>\n
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Open book: Kelis previously address rumors about her relationship with the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star on her Instagram\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Funny:\u00a0‘Ma’am would you care to address these Bill Murray allegations?!? Cuz damn! What he doing with all that?!?’ a fan inquired, to which she replied: ‘Lol no babe, I wouldn’t bother at all’<\/p>\n
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Past love: The duo reportedly got close after meeting in the United States, following the passing of her husband, Mike Mora from cancer last year; pictured in 2019 with\u00a0Mike<\/p>\n
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Grief:\u00a0Murray recently mourned the loss of his ex-wife, Jennifer Butler, who he split from in 2008 and who died in 2021 (pictured 2004)<\/p>\n
As fate would have it, the singing superstar was staying in the same hotel in London as the A-list actor when she was performing at the Hoopla Festival in June of this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In another snarky Instagram exchange, the Good Stuff singer joked in response to the dating rumors that, ‘Everyone’s dumb and will believe anything.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
She added, ‘The best part is we are both blessed, rich, and happy.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bill, who hadn’t been married since 2008, recently lost his second ex-wife, Jennifer Butler, to cancer in 2021, a year before Mike passed away from cancer \u2014 so the pair grew closer in their grief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although Bill and Jennifer hadn’t been together for years, the two reportedly kept in touch until her death.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n