*Eddie Murphy and David Spade have finally moved past a long-running tension that began after the 1995 flop of “Vampire in Brooklyn.” Spade recently confirmed the two are “all good” following their reunion at last year’s SNL50: The 50th Anniversary Special.
As Deadline reports, Spade reflected on the incident during his podcast with Dana Carvey, “Fly on the Wall,” explaining, “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.” He admitted early bumps in the road when he joined “Saturday Night Live,” saying, “I was on ‘Weekend Update’, on SNL, new to the show, making fun of all the celebrities and I made fun of him and it didn’t go well. And he called me and we had it out.”
Spade added, “Actually, he had it out. I didn’t really fight back. 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.”
Murphy revisited the incident in a 2024 interview with the New York Times, recalling Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” segment on SNL. During the skit, Spade showed a picture of Murphy after the movie “Vampire in Brooklyn” flopped, saying, “Look, children, it’s a falling star. Make a wish.”
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Murphy described the remark as “racist” and said it hurt him personally. “When David Spade said that sh*t about my career on SNL, it was like. ‘Yo, it’s in-house! I’m one of the family, and you’re f*cking with me like that?’ It hurt my feelings,” he said.
Reflecting on his own legacy, Murphy told the NYT, “I was the biggest thing that ever came off that show.”
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