Popular comedian David Spade has reflected on the incident that started an unexpected feud with Hollywood legend Eddie Murphy 30 years ago. He recently had his say during a November episode of his “Fly on the Wall” podcast, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, referring to Murphy as a fallen star during his infamous 1995 “Hollywood Minute” sketch on Saturday Night Live was supposed to be a harmless joke, but the actor did not find it funny at all.
Spade added that he eventually felt guilty about the joke because Murphy made some sense with his reaction.
His words, “I do love Eddie Murphy. We had some bumps in the road along the way, early on. It was weird going from being a super fan to having him hate me overnight, and to try to win him back for the last 25 years.
I made fun of him and it didn’t go well, and he called me and we had it out. Actually, he had it out. I didn’t fight back really, because I did feel a little guilty about it, and he did make some sense. I just didn’t like that because he was a hero.
We talked a little bit and everything’s fine, and then he admitted on the show — not admitted, they just asked him about it — and he said, ‘Yeah, we’re all good.’ So we’re all good.
Time heals all wounds, and later on you go, ‘Well, really, what was I so upset about?’
This is what happened. Eddie, he just totally let it go.”
WOW.
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