Bill Murray's joking speech - or not?

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Golden Globe winner Bill Murray opened his acceptance speech saying, "I fired my agents a couple months ago. My trainer, my physical trainer, killed himself."

Murray, 53, won his Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy, for a playing an out-of-sorts Hollywood star in "Lost in Translation."

His trademark deadpan delivery convinced the audience his remarks were a joke. But they weren't. The Saturday Night Live alum, who also received an Academy Award nomination for the film Tuesday, is no longer with Hollywood powerhouse Creative Artists Agency and agents Jessica Tuchinsky and Rick Kurtzman.

Raphael Picaud, founder of Body Maxx, a celebrity gym in West Hollywood, California, died last year.

Murray finished his speech, "I would thank the people at Universal and Focus, except there's so many people trying to take credit for this I wouldn't know where to begin."

Perhaps that wasn't a joke, either.