Eddie Murphy reflected being offended by a joke that David Spade made about him during a 1995 episode of “SNL.” Murphy said that he felt the joke was a “cheap shot” and “racist.”
Eddie Murphy recalled being offended by a “racist” joke that David Spade made about him during a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that aired almost 30 years ago.
During Saturday’s episode of The New York Times’ The Interview podcast, the 63-year-old actor and comedian reflected on the “cheap shots” that he felt he had taken over the years, especially from the media during the early years of his career.
“Back in the old days, they used to be relentless on me, and a lot of it was racist stuff. It was the ’80s and just a whole different world”, Murphy said.
Murphy then pointed to “when David Spade said that s— about my career on ‘SNL”, referring to a joke that Spade, now 59, made during a “Hollywood Minute” sketch on a December 1995 episode of the show.
In the segment, a photo of Murphy appeared on the screen with Spade saying, “Look children, it’s a falling star, make a wish.”
Murphy told the NYT that the joke was about his 1995 horror comedy “Vampire in Brooklyn”, which he said “flopped” after it had been released two months before the sketch.
The “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” star, who rose to fame starring on “SNL” from 1980 to 1984 and was credited with saving the show from cancelation at one point, was stung that the dig at his career came from an “SNL” cast member.
“Yo, it’s in-house! I’m one of the family, and you’re f—— with me like that?” It hurt my feelings like that, yeah”, Murphy told the NYT.
He continued, “It was like: Wait, hold on. This is ‘Saturday Night Live.’ I’m the biggest thing that ever came off that show.
