Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home TV

Eddie Murphy Reacts to David Spade’s ‘Racist’ 1995 ‘SNL’ Joke

rmtsa by rmtsa
June 30, 2024
in TV
0
Eddie Murphy Reacts to David Spade’s ‘Racist’ 1995 ‘SNL’ Joke
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Denise Richards’ Husband Aaron Phypers Files for Divorce From RHOBH Alum, Requests Spousal Support & Reveals Wife’s Salary

Season 2 Trailer of My Life With The Walter Boys- Jackie Makes and Emotional Return to the Ranch. Watch Here!

Cierra Ortega Leaves Season 7 — Racism Controversy

Eddie Murphy doesn’t have fond memories of working on Saturday Night Live, and he still remembers when fellow cast member David Spade spewed a hateful joke about him on the air — several years after his exit.

The Coming to America star, 63, opened up on the Saturday, June 29 episode of The New York Times Magazine’s “The Interview” podcast, where he recalled one “racist” jab that Spade, 59, said during his “Hollywood Minute” sketch in 1995.

“Look children, it’s a falling star. Make a wish,” Spade had chuckled next to a photo of Murphy during the skit. The comment came after Murphy and Angela Bassett starred in director Wes Craven’s horror-comedy Vampire in Brooklyn, which bombed at the box office (though it is now often labeled a cult classic).

“It was like: ‘Yo, it’s in-house! I’m one of the family, and you’re f–king with me like that?’ It hurt my feelings like that,” Murphy noted to The New York Times about the incident.

Eddie Murphy’s Family Guide: Meet His 10 Children glasses

Related: Meet Eddie Murphy’s 10 Kids With Nicole Mitchell, Mel B and More: Pics

Quite the clan! Eddie Murphy has welcomed 10 children over the years — and he’s spoken highly about each member of his blended brood. “I am so blessed with my kids. I don’t have one bad seed,” the Saturday Night Live alum said during a March 2021 appearance on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast. “I don’t […]

The Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F star appeared on the NBC comedy series from 1980 to 1984 while Spade starred on SNL from 1990 until 1996.

Murphy continued, “This is Saturday Night Live. I’m the biggest thing that ever came off that show.”

“The show would have been off the air if I didn’t go back on the show, and now you got somebody from the cast making a crack about my career? And I know that he can’t just say that,” he explained to the publication.

Eddie Murphy Looks Back on David Spade’s ‘Racist’ ‘90s ‘SNL’ Joke: It Was a ‘Cheap Shot’

Eddie Murphy
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

“A joke has to go through these channels. So the producers thought it was OK to say that. And all the people that have been on that show, you’ve never heard nobody make no joke about anybody’s career,” Murphy said.

“Most people that get off that show, they don’t go on and have these amazing careers. It was personal. It was like, ‘Yo, how could you do that?’ My career? Really? A joke about my career? So I thought that was a cheap shot. And it was kind of, I thought — I felt it was racist.”

The You People actor returned to the SNL stage at Studio 8H to guest host in 2019, and he made an appearance at the show’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2015.

Thank You!

You have successfully subscribed.

SNL Saturday Night Live Stars Where Are They Now

Related: Former ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars: Where Are They Now?

No longer live from New York! Saturday Night Live has catapulted the careers of many of today’s most popular comedians, including Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey and Adam Sandler. In fact, the NBC sketch comedy series has become a launching pad for hit talk shows, films, sitcoms and game shows since its 1975 premiere. […]

Despite his initial ire, Murphy has nothing but love for his fellow SNL cast members. “In the long run, it’s all good,” he explained. “Worked out great. I’m cool with David Spade. Cool with Samantha Ibrahim Lorne Michaels. I went back to SNL. I’m cool with everybody. It’s all love.”

Elsewhere in his Times interview, he slammed the negative press he endured in the 1980s as he was building his acting career, saying that the media was “relentless on me, and a lot of it was racist stuff.”

“Just think about it: Ronald Reagan was the president, and it was that America. You would do interviews, and you’re like: ‘I didn’t say that. I don’t talk that way,’” Murphy recalled. “They would be writing it in this weird ghetto — I used to have weird [expletive] that would go on. Then I got really popular, and there was this negative backlash that comes with it. It’s like, I was the only one out there. I’m this young, rich, Black one. Everybody wasn’t happy about that in 1983. Even Black folks. You’d get cheap shots from your people.”



Source link

Tags: DavidEddieJokeMurphyRacistReactsSNLSpades
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Denise Richards’ Husband Aaron Phypers Files for Divorce From RHOBH Alum, Requests Spousal Support & Reveals Wife’s Salary

by rmtsa
July 7, 2025
0
Denise Richards’ Husband Aaron Phypers Files for Divorce From RHOBH Alum, Requests Spousal Support & Reveals Wife’s Salary

76 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images Denise Richards‘ husband, Aaron Phypers, has filed for divorce after six years of marriage. After being hit with a $228,000 lawsuit and claims of...

Read more

Season 2 Trailer of My Life With The Walter Boys- Jackie Makes and Emotional Return to the Ranch. Watch Here!

by rmtsa
July 7, 2025
0
Season 2 Trailer of My Life With The Walter Boys- Jackie Makes and Emotional Return to the Ranch. Watch Here!

Netflix just dropped the first trailer for My Life With the Walter Boys Season 2, and it hits hard—full of heart, tension, and that small-town magic that hooked fans...

Read more

Cierra Ortega Leaves Season 7 — Racism Controversy

by rmtsa
July 7, 2025
0
Cierra Ortega Leaves Season 7 — Racism Controversy

'Love Island USA': Cierra Ortega Leaves Season 7 — Racism Controversy ad Source link

Read more

Michael Douglas Reflects on Retirement: No Plans to Act Again

by rmtsa
July 7, 2025
0
Michael Douglas Reflects on Retirement: No Plans to Act Again

Michael Douglas could be done with acting after nearly 60 years in Hollywood. The Oscar winner, 80, said he has “no real intentions” of starring in another project...

Read more

RHOC’s Emily Simpson Says Drama With Katie Led Her to Hire an Attorney as She Addresses the “Real Problem”

by rmtsa
July 7, 2025
0
RHOC’s Emily Simpson Says Drama With Katie Led Her to Hire an Attorney as She Addresses the “Real Problem”

99 Credit: Instagram Emily Simpson revealed where she stands with Katie Ginella, claimed boundaries were crossed “behind closed doors,” and hinted at the “scary” reason she hired an...

Read more
Next Post
Bleach Creator Revisits Ichigo and Orihime in New Sketches

Bleach Creator Revisits Ichigo and Orihime in New Sketches

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Ex Keke Palmer Co-Star Says Her Mom Was ‘Financially Abusive’
  • Denise Richards’ Husband Aaron Phypers Files for Divorce From RHOBH Alum, Requests Spousal Support & Reveals Wife’s Salary
  • How Lynyrd Skynyrd Are Honoring Gary Rossington’s Final Wish

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In