Rick James was asked by Eddie Murphy to talk Todd Bridges about his drug use

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Todd Bridges Recalls Rick James Being Tapped For His Intervention: “He Took Half My Drugs And Left!”​

The actor said Eddie Murphy was responsible for enlisting James to help him with his addiciton.

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Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges recently reflected on the time in the ’80s when Eddie Murphy enlisted Rick James to stage an intervention for his drug use.
While appearing on The Patrick LabyorSheaux podcast, he explained that it all started when The Pickup star noticed he was spiraling. “Eddie was like, ‘Man, we gotta get Todd some help. He’s trippin’. We gotta find somebody who knows about drugs.’ Everybody’s naming Rick James. ‘Send Rick James over there!’”
The plan might’ve worked if the “Brick House” singer wasn’t getting high, too. “Rick comes to my house, opens his car door, and all this smoke comes out,” he further explained the moment. “I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’” he added, noting that the funk legend was “getting higher than [he] was at the time.”


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Rick James receives the Heritage Award at ASCAP’s 17th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 28, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images
“Rick was wild, so when Rick spoke, you listened. He said, ‘Let me see your stuff.’ I showed him my drugs and he goes, ‘Man, that’s too much. I don’t want you killing yourself… let me take half of that so you don’t kill yourself,'” he hilariously continued.
Then, as Bridges remembers, James started flirting up a woman on his couch who he once dated. “I’m ready to kill Rick at this point. I’m like, ‘What kind of drug intervention was that? He took half my drugs and left!’”

 

[The_Truth]

Todd Bridges Recalls Rick James Being Tapped For His Intervention: “He Took Half My Drugs And Left!”

 

[TEH]

I’m so disappointed that Willis had taken that turn in life. But everyone on the show went through hell … it was a truly cursed production.

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Easy come up for Rick James

 

[97Pac]

I’m so disappointed that Willis had taken that turn in life. But everyone on the show went through hell … it was a truly cursed production.

All them child actors are fukked up. Hollywood is a wicked place

 

[Swirv]

‘Send Rick James over there!’”
The plan might’ve worked if the “Brick House” singer wasn’t getting high, too.

Don’t know if I trust the writer of this story. Commodores sang Brickbouse, not Rick James.

 

[LezJepzin]

Took his girl too

 

[Umoja]

"
Rick was wild, so when Rick spoke, you listened. He said, ‘Let me see your stuff.’ I showed him my drugs and he goes, ‘Man, that’s too much. I don’t want you killing yourself… let me take half of that so you don’t kill yourself,'” he hilariously continued.
Then, as Bridges remembers, James started flirting up a woman on his couch who he once dated. “I’m ready to kill Rick at this point. I’m like, ‘What kind of drug intervention was that? He took half my drugs and left!’”

 

[Cat piss martini]

* how it went*

rick: dont just stand there let a nikka in.
todd: rick james!!!!
rick: eddie sent me......said you over here fukkin up.
todd: he said he'd get me gigs if i clean up.
rick: eddie a solid nikka.....rich nosey mutha fukka!
todd: rick james!!!!
rick: yeah yeah.......bring the stash out.
todd: it's mosty coke,crack,pills etc.
rick: had you pegged as a L7 man!
todd: L7?
rick: yeah this is mexican coke.....almost bad as they weed.
todd: how would you know that?
rick: off white and tap danced on......this crip dope.
todd:
rick: i see you kickin it with angie.
todd: she's my everything.....gonna marry her.
rick: me, meat loaf and gilda radner ran trains on that hoe.
todd: she's changed......and show some respect rick.
rick: bet you half yo stash she suck my dikk in front of you.
todd: it's time to leave......tell eddie this isnt gonna work.
rick: rich old white man raise you now look at you.
todd: that wasnt real.....it was a tv show.
rick what the midget doing these days....he scoring to?
todd: goodbye rick.
rick: cool but i'm taking half yo shyt....tell eddie and i'll kill you bytch.
todd:
rick: bye angie......miss that mouth you trifflin bytch, call me.

 

[BangBike]

Habitual line sniffer..

 

[Devilinurear]

Hilarious story
Probably saved his life through

 

[tuckgod]

Eddie ain’t shyt.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

That's the most literal intervention. He should have took all his drugs tho. There's no evidence he used them after