Eddie Murphy Expresses Remorse For "Ignorant" Jokes in 'Raw' & 'Delirious'

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Eddie Murphy Expresses Remorse For "Ignorant" Jokes in 'Raw' & 'Delirious'

POSTED BY TORRY THREADCRAFT 1 MIN AGO

Source: Eddie Murphy Productions

Eddie Murphy opens up to the New York Times in preparation for his impending comeback.
In an interview with the New York Times, Eddie Murphy discussed the past few decades in preparation for his impending return to the spotlight. Over the next year, Murphy will have a starring role as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite is My Name!; host Saturday Night Live for the first time in 35 years; and star in a sequel to 1988’s Coming to America.

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Additionally, Murphy will record a stand-up comedy special for Netflix, his first feature since Raw in 1987. When asked about the revered classics, Murphy revealed that he cringes at his old material. He admits he was dealing with a breakup at the time.

“I was a young guy processing a broken heart, you know, kind of an a$$hole,” he said. Murphy references being picketed due to the homophobic material in his specials (which he now recognizes as “ignorant”) as recently as 1996. With that considered, he says there’s no anxiety about returning to the stage in 2019.

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According to Murphy, his new material won’t be as self-centered as his work in the eighties. As a father of eight children, the experience is vastly different.

“I now have a whole lifetime of experiences to draw upon,” Murphy said. “There was a time when I was at the center of everything, what I was doing, and how funny I was and how popular…I’m not at the center. Now my kids are and everything revolves around them.”

 

[CarbonBraddock]

so sick of this fakkit society

 

[EBK String]

never apologize. They will make him keep apologizing for the rest of his life now. Chappelle showed you how to handle it.

 

[Diondon]

Imma rewatch Raw this weekend

 

[Justise M]

He don't want no smoke from the LGBT mafia as he rolls out Coming to America 2

 

[Zero]

"Yes, that's it Edward....submit"

 

[yardman]

Eddie a bytch for that, I know he a battyman but never apologize for jokes as a comedian. Let them fakkits fume breh.​

 

[JayGatsby]

"Pull over pull over "

shyts a classic

 

[feelosofer]

It was a different time, no need to apologize.

But with that said, Eddie has grown up, this is a father with children now, has been through a lot the past 30 or so years.

 

[big bun]

He’s doing what he needs to not let them people try to distract from his comeback. I hope.

 

[Methodical]

Eddie don't need no fukking apologize since everybody loves his classic Raw and Delirious anyway and also it was in 80s era where nobody has problem with it. Raw and Delirious ain't in this fukking Social Media/PC era. fukk OUT OF HERE!

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

never apologize. They will make him keep apologizing for the rest of his life now. Chappelle showed you how to handle it.

Chik fil a aint apologize and homosexuals still eat there.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

It was a different time, no need to apologize.

But with that said, Eddie has grown up, this is a father with children now, has been through a lot the past 30 or so years.

Soon to be grandfather.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Well he getting out ahead of it

Now them alphabet crews can't say nothing

 

[Yaboysix]

I wouldn't apologize for shyt! Same amount of GAY people now as it was back then..wouldnt stop no bag.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Eddie Murphy already denounced a lot of what he said in Raw and Delirious over 15 years ago and cited his maturation as a man, but I’m sure people in this thread will run with the narrative that the PC police or whoever made him do this.