Eddie Murphy‘s calling out a fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum … reflecting on how indignant David Spade‘s joke about his profession made him — and, saying he thinks there was racist intent.
The comedy legend sat down for a wide-ranging interview with the New York Occasions, printed Saturday, and he talked about a joke Spade made on a “Weekend Update” phase from December 1995.
If you have not seen the clip … an image of Murphy pops up on display screen and Spade jokes he is noticed a “falling star” — this got here months after Eddie’s film “Vampire in Brooklyn” bombed on the field workplace.
EM tells NYT the snipe hit him notably exhausting ‘trigger he’d been one of many largest stars within the present’s historical past … including it would not have survived with out him.
On high of that, Eddie says he is aware of Spade wasn’t the one individual to listen to the joke … ‘trigger producers overview the whole lot earlier than it goes to air — so, he felt the entire establishment was coming after him.
Finally, Murphy explains he felt the joke was private saying, “I thought that was a cheap shot. And it was kind of, I thought — I felt it was racist.”
He would not actually clarify his reasoning right here … however admits the joke saved him away from ‘SNL’ for many years till he appeared on the present’s fortieth anniversary in 2015.
FWIW … Eddie says he is cool with Lorne Michaels and Spade now — and, he even hosted ‘SNL’ once more in 2019 to rave evaluations.
We have reached out to David Spade’s staff about Eddie calling the joke racist … thus far, no phrase again.
