Eddie Murphy lled some of his old jok about gay people "crgey" after beg asked by a CBS "Sunday Morng" reporter how he felt about the ntroversial material today.
Contents:
- EDDIE MURPHY SAYS PAST JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM ‘CRGE’
- EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, AIDS ARE ‘CRGEY’
- EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE': 'I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
- EDDIE MURPHY HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT ‘CRGEY’ GAY JOK: ‘I’M A KID SAYG THAT’ — WATCH
- EDDIE MURPHY LLS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE 'CRGEY': 'OH MY GOD, I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
- THE CANCELG AND UNNCELG OF EDDIE MURPHYTHE LEGENDARY EDIAN MA JOK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS AND AIDS THE 1980S. MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, HE APOLOGIZED. SO WHY ARE WE STILL TALKG ABOUT ?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 1, 2019/10:42 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3689PX;WIDTH:4980PX;}GARY GERSHOFF/GETTY IMAGAMERIN EDIAN AND ACTOR EDDIE MURPHY PERFORMS ONSTAGE AT MADISON SQUARE GARN , NEW YORK, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 13, 1987. (PHOTO BY GARY GERSHOFF/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 1, 2019 / 10:42 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CANCELG AND UNNCELG OF EDDIE MURPHY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-01T14:42:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-01T14:42:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST WEEK, EDDIE MURPHY GAVE AN TERVIEW TO THE NEW YORK TIM TO DISCS HIS RETURN TO STAND-UP AND PROMOTE HIS NEW FILM, DOLEME IS MY NAME. MURPHY SAID HE NOW "CRG" WATCHG HIS 1980S EDY SPECIALS, REFERRG TO HIS OLD JOK ABOUT AIDS AS "IGNORANT." MURPHY HAD ALREADY PREVLY APOLOGIZED FOR HIS EARLIER MATERIAL, BUT S LATER, THE MEMORY OF THE OFFENDG CINT LGERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK JULY, ACTOR AND SERIAL EMMY SNUBEE TS BURGS LLED OUT TALK-SHOW HOST AND BRAVO CHIEF HOMOSEXUAL ANDY COHEN FOR BEG A "MSY QUEEN" AFTER AN APPEARANCE ON WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE DURG WHICH COHEN ASKED HIM ABOUT WORKG WH MURPHY ON DOLEME IS MY NAME AND RELLED THE EDIAN'S HOMOPHOBIC STAND-UP OM THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS JT WONRG IF YOU GOT CLOSE AT ALL, BEE HE WAS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR THE GAYS AT ONE POT," COHEN SAID TO BURGS, WHO CLAIMED THAT MURPHY "WASN'T PROBLEMATIC" FOR HIM. BURGS THEN FOLLOWED UP THE TERVIEW WH SOME INSTA-SHA, BLASTG COHEN FOR TREATG HIS TALK SHOW LIKE AN EPISO OF THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA ORR TO "REHASH OLD MORS OR BRG A STAR NEGATIVE PRS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HONTLY, COHEN KD OF HAD A POT. IN THE LARGER GAY IMAGATN, MURPHY IS PROBLEMATIC. HIS TWO INIC STAND-UP SPECIALS, 1983'S DELIR AND 1987'S RAW, MAY HAVE BEEN EDIC AND CULTURAL TOUCHSTON, BUT HE ALSO ED THEM AS PLATFORMS TO RIDICULE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN DELIR, SPORTG A TIGHT RED LEATHER SU, MURPHY WARNS AGAST "FAGGOTS" STARG AT HIS ASS AND DO A UPLE OF (ADMTEDLY HILAR) BS ABOUT MR. T AND THE HONEYMOONERS' RALPH KRAMN AND ED NORTON BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO DISCS THE THEN-BURGEONG AIDS CRISIS, WHICH LARGELY AFFECTED GAY MEN, SAYG THAT HE'S "PETRIFIED" OF WOMEN WHO LOVE TO HANG OUT WH GAY MEN BEE "THEY ULD BE THE CLUB HAVG FUN WH THEIR LTLE GAY IEND AND GIVE THEM A KISS AND GO HOME WH THAT AIDS ON THEIR LIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YIK. THAT MAK KEV HART LOOK LIKE HANNAH FUCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LATER, RAW, MURPHY ADDRS THE NTROVERSY THAT FOLLOWED HIM AFTER THE MENTS HE MA DELIR, JOKG THAT "THERE'S NOTHG LIKE A NATN OF FAGS LOOKG FOR YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MURPHY PPED HIS FAG B DELIR BY SAYG THAT HE "KIDS THE HOMOSEXUALS A LOT… 'E THEY'RE HOMOSEXUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I FUCK WH EVERYBODY. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. IT'S LIKE, I DON'T MEAN ANYTHG BY . YOU N HANG OUT WH A GAY PERSON. GUYS, DON'T FEEL ALIENATED [OM] GAY PEOPLE BEE THEY'RE GAY. BEE YOU N PLAY TENNIS WH A GAY PERSON. REALLY, JT AFTER THE GAME, YOU SAY, "I'M GONNA GET A BEER. WHAT YOU GON' DO?" "I THK I'M GONNA GO SUCK SOMEBODY'S DICK." "WELL THEN, I'LL SEE YOU LATER. YOU GO SUCK THAT DICK, I'M GONNA HAVE A BEER." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW ALL FAIRNS, A LOT OF MY TERACTNS WH HOMOSEXUALS HAVE END THAT WAY. AND STARTED THAT WAY. BUT WHILE MURPHY CLAIMED WAS ALL GOOD FUN, FOR HIS GAY FANS WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY OTHER WORD OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS ‘FAGGOT.’ AND WH EACH AND EVERY GAY JOKE, THE CROWD WENT WILD. THEY LOVED . MY IENDS LOVED ," COHEN WROTE HIS 2012 MEMOIR, MOST TALKATIVE, RELLG WATCHG MURPHY'S SPECIALS AS A TEEN. "I WAS SURROUND BY THOANDS OF PEOPLE HYSTERICS, AND THEY WERE ALL LGHG AT ‘FAGGOTS.’ AND IPSO FACTO, LGHG AT ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, MURPHY APOLOGIZED FOR HIS PAST HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS 1996 AFTER GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAN FRANCIS MOUNTED A PROTT DURG ONE OF HIS FILM SHOOTS. IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT, MURPHY SAID THAT HE WAS "NOT HOMOPHOBIC" OR "ANTI-GAY" AND THAT HE EPLY REGRETTED "ANY AND ALL PA" THAT HE ED, ADDG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT LIKE THE RT OF THE WORLD, I AM MORE TED ABOUT AIDS 1996 THAN I WAS 1981. I THK IS UNFAIR TO TAKE THE WORDS OF A MISRMED 21-YEAR-OLD AND APPLY THEM TO AN RMED 35-YEAR-OLD MAN. I KNOW HOW SER AN ISSUE AIDS IS THE WORLD OVER. I KNOW THAT AIDS ISN'T FUNNY. IT'S 1996 AND I'M A LOT SMARTER ABOUT AIDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE ACTIVISTS ACCEPTED MURPHY'S APOLOGY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN APPLD HIS ABOUT-FACE, AS COHEN'S TERACTN WH BURGS SUGGTS, THE PUBLIC OFTEN FDS DIFFICULT TO FIVE OR FET, PARTICULARLY WHEN TO EDIANS—AND PARTICULARLY WHEN TO BLACK MALE EDIANS. THE PREVAILG MYTH BEG THAT THE BLACK MUNY, PECIALLY BLACK MEN, ARE MORE HOMOPHOBIC THAN THE RT OF SOCIETY, WHICH PLETELY NEGLECTS THE POWER STCTUR PLACE AND WHO KEEPS THEM PLACE. IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW THE AGE OF CYNICISM AND "NCEL CULTURE," WHEN THE PUBLIC'S BELIEF THE PERMANENCE OF ONE'S NCELATN PRECLUS ANY BELIEF ONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A YEAR LATER, MURPHY GARNERED SOME MORE UNWANTED ATTENTN WHEN HE PICKED UP SHALIMAR SEIULI, A TRANS WOMAN WORKG AS A PROSTUTE. RUMORS HAD LONG DOGGED MURPHY OVER HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN—SOME TONG THAT PERHAPS HE DOTH PROTT TOO MUCH—AND THE CINT ONLY ADD FUEL TO THE SPECULATIVE FIRE. MURPHY CLAIMED HE WAS SIMPLY GIVG HER A RI, AND WHILE HE WASN'T FOUND GUILTY OF ANY IMPROPER BEHAVR, SEIULI MANAGED TO PARLAY HER FAMY TO BRIEF, MOR FAME AS A DANCER BEFORE DYG TRAGILLY AT AGE 21 OM WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ACCINTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HAVG GONE THROUGH HIS FAIR SHARE OF NCELATNS AND SNDALS OVER HIS REER, MURPHY SEEMS UNFAZED BY BACKLASH, SUCH AS THE RECENT ONE THAT LED TO THE FIRG OF THE HLY HIRED SHANE GILLIS OM MURPHY'S OLD STOMPG GROUND SATURDAY NIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT EVEN IF THE TIM HAVE CHANGED, AND EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HE HAS CHANGED, DO WE LIVE A TIME WHEN BELIEF CHANGE IS EVEN POSSIBLE? I GUS THAT PENDS ON WHICH MSY QUEEN YOU'RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- EDDIE MURPHY REFLECTS ON PAST ANTI-GAY JOK: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’
- TAG: EDDIE MURPHY DELIR GAY JOK
- EDDIE MURPHY COMMENTS ON HIS OLD STAND-UP BS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE: 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
- YAHOO REARS REACT AFTER EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE'
EDDIE MURPHY SAYS PAST JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM ‘CRGE’
Eddie Murphy has admted that he now "crg" at some of his olr stand-up material, which repeatedly took aim at gay people. * eddie murphy gay jokes *
Eddie Murphy has said that some of his old stand-up material that took aim at gay people mak him “crge” edian and actor, who hosted Saturday Night Live earlier this month, ma a number of homophobic jok his but stand-up special, Delir, 1983. Durg the set, Murphy ma jok about Aids, ed a gay slur multiple tim and told the dience he was “aaid of gay people” released a statement to the San Francis Chronicle 1996 after gay rights activists protted the edian’s Late Show appearance while he was filmg San Francis. In September he ma siar ments, tellg the New York Tim that his past material on Aids and the LGBTQ muny was “ignorant”’s ments were ma the wake of a new Netflix special starrg Kev Hart, which the edian exprsed regret for how he handled his own sndal surroundg past homophobic ments.
EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, AIDS ARE ‘CRGEY’
Throughout his old stand-up rout the 1980s, cludg his 1983 special “Delir, ” the ic ma numero anti-gay jok — even g slurs agast his targets — that drew blowback and protts. Eddie Murphy has revealed that some of his own jok make him a new terview, the edian, 58, reflected on his reer over the years, admtg that he unrstands tim have changed and what was funny s ago uld be emed offensive actor revealed on CBS how he reacts to his former stand-up rout, which clud bs about the gay MURPHY RETURNS TO 'SNL' -- POKES FUN AT BILL COSBY, ACCIDENTALLY SAYS 'S---' This image released by Netflix shows Eddie Murphy a scene om "Doleme Is My Name. "A clip om Murphy's 1983 edy special "Delir" was played the terview footage, showg the edian performg a b about havg "nightmar about gay people.
This weekend, Murphy sat down wh CBS Sunday Morng‘s Tracy Smh, and he took a few mut to reflect on the homophobic jok featured his stand-up sets the 1980s.
In the 1980s, Murphy ma wav wh edy specials like Delir (1983), which clud a b about how he’s “aaid of gay people. Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeEddie Murphy has said that he “crg” when he watch old stand-up jok about AIDS, women and homosexualy.
EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE': 'I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
“Kd of an a**hole, ” he was released at the height of Murphy’s Eighti fame, grossg $50 ln worldwi and beg the most fancially succsful stand-up special ever released has also been ntroversial, wh Murphy g homophobic slurs throughout his set and jokg about women and AIDS. #1: The jok about gay people. Eddie also mentned that the gay male muny hat him so much that they would probably hunt him down and pat him down like ps (i.
EDDIE MURPHY HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT ‘CRGEY’ GAY JOK: ‘I’M A KID SAYG THAT’ — WATCH
Smh asked Murphy about his past jok mockg gay people.
EDDIE MURPHY LLS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE 'CRGEY': 'OH MY GOD, I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
In 1996, Murphy apologized for jok he had ma about people wh AIDS and homosexualy, sayg, “I eply regret any pa all this has ed. In a new terview wh CBS Sunday Morng, the edian is takg another look back — but this time, ’s at some of the problematic jok that haven’t aged so a nversatn wh CBS’s Tracy Smh, the 58-year-old star was asked to reflect on homophobic jok he clud his ‘80s stand-up rout, cludg a b about havg “nightmar about gay people” 1983’s Delir.
(Photo: Michael Kovac/Getty Imag for Niche Imports)He add that he was unfazed, at the time, when his jok about AIDS and gay people received backlash. Eddie Murphy n adm that some of his jok om the ’80s jt don’t an terview wh CBS This Morng, the famed actor and edian reflected on some of his old homophobic jok wh reporter Tracy Smh.
Smh was referrg to jok he ma about the gay muny when he was his early 20s. In one b om his massively succsful 1983 standup Delir, Murphy quipped about havg “nightmar about gay people.
THE CANCELG AND UNNCELG OF EDDIE MURPHYTHE LEGENDARY EDIAN MA JOK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS AND AIDS THE 1980S. MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, HE APOLOGIZED. 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(PHOTO BY GARY GERSHOFF/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 1, 2019 / 10:42 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CANCELG AND UNNCELG OF EDDIE MURPHY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-01T14:42:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-01T14:42:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST WEEK, EDDIE MURPHY GAVE AN TERVIEW TO THE NEW YORK TIM TO DISCS HIS RETURN TO STAND-UP AND PROMOTE HIS NEW FILM, DOLEME IS MY NAME. MURPHY SAID HE NOW "CRG" WATCHG HIS 1980S EDY SPECIALS, REFERRG TO HIS OLD JOK ABOUT AIDS AS "IGNORANT." MURPHY HAD ALREADY PREVLY APOLOGIZED FOR HIS EARLIER MATERIAL, BUT S LATER, THE MEMORY OF THE OFFENDG CINT LGERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK JULY, ACTOR AND SERIAL EMMY SNUBEE TS BURGS LLED OUT TALK-SHOW HOST AND BRAVO CHIEF HOMOSEXUAL ANDY COHEN FOR BEG A "MSY QUEEN" AFTER AN APPEARANCE ON WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE DURG WHICH COHEN ASKED HIM ABOUT WORKG WH MURPHY ON DOLEME IS MY NAME AND RELLED THE EDIAN'S HOMOPHOBIC STAND-UP OM THE '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WAS JT WONRG IF YOU GOT CLOSE AT ALL, BEE HE WAS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR THE GAYS AT ONE POT," COHEN SAID TO BURGS, WHO CLAIMED THAT MURPHY "WASN'T PROBLEMATIC" FOR HIM. BURGS THEN FOLLOWED UP THE TERVIEW WH SOME INSTA-SHA, BLASTG COHEN FOR TREATG HIS TALK SHOW LIKE AN EPISO OF THE REAL HOEWIV OF ATLANTA ORR TO "REHASH OLD MORS OR BRG A STAR NEGATIVE PRS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HONTLY, COHEN KD OF HAD A POT. IN THE LARGER GAY IMAGATN, MURPHY IS PROBLEMATIC. HIS TWO INIC STAND-UP SPECIALS, 1983'S DELIR AND 1987'S RAW, MAY HAVE BEEN EDIC AND CULTURAL TOUCHSTON, BUT HE ALSO ED THEM AS PLATFORMS TO RIDICULE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN DELIR, SPORTG A TIGHT RED LEATHER SU, MURPHY WARNS AGAST "FAGGOTS" STARG AT HIS ASS AND DO A UPLE OF (ADMTEDLY HILAR) BS ABOUT MR. T AND THE HONEYMOONERS' RALPH KRAMN AND ED NORTON BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO DISCS THE THEN-BURGEONG AIDS CRISIS, WHICH LARGELY AFFECTED GAY MEN, SAYG THAT HE'S "PETRIFIED" OF WOMEN WHO LOVE TO HANG OUT WH GAY MEN BEE "THEY ULD BE THE CLUB HAVG FUN WH THEIR LTLE GAY IEND AND GIVE THEM A KISS AND GO HOME WH THAT AIDS ON THEIR LIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YIK. THAT MAK KEV HART LOOK LIKE HANNAH FUCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LATER, RAW, MURPHY ADDRS THE NTROVERSY THAT FOLLOWED HIM AFTER THE MENTS HE MA DELIR, JOKG THAT "THERE'S NOTHG LIKE A NATN OF FAGS LOOKG FOR YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MURPHY PPED HIS FAG B DELIR BY SAYG THAT HE "KIDS THE HOMOSEXUALS A LOT… 'E THEY'RE HOMOSEXUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I FUCK WH EVERYBODY. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. IT'S LIKE, I DON'T MEAN ANYTHG BY . YOU N HANG OUT WH A GAY PERSON. GUYS, DON'T FEEL ALIENATED [OM] GAY PEOPLE BEE THEY'RE GAY. BEE YOU N PLAY TENNIS WH A GAY PERSON. REALLY, JT AFTER THE GAME, YOU SAY, "I'M GONNA GET A BEER. WHAT YOU GON' DO?" "I THK I'M GONNA GO SUCK SOMEBODY'S DICK." "WELL THEN, I'LL SEE YOU LATER. YOU GO SUCK THAT DICK, I'M GONNA HAVE A BEER." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW ALL FAIRNS, A LOT OF MY TERACTNS WH HOMOSEXUALS HAVE END THAT WAY. AND STARTED THAT WAY. BUT WHILE MURPHY CLAIMED WAS ALL GOOD FUN, FOR HIS GAY FANS WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"EVERY OTHER WORD OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS ‘FAGGOT.’ AND WH EACH AND EVERY GAY JOKE, THE CROWD WENT WILD. THEY LOVED . MY IENDS LOVED ," COHEN WROTE HIS 2012 MEMOIR, MOST TALKATIVE, RELLG WATCHG MURPHY'S SPECIALS AS A TEEN. "I WAS SURROUND BY THOANDS OF PEOPLE HYSTERICS, AND THEY WERE ALL LGHG AT ‘FAGGOTS.’ AND IPSO FACTO, LGHG AT ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, MURPHY APOLOGIZED FOR HIS PAST HOMOPHOBIC REMARKS 1996 AFTER GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SAN FRANCIS MOUNTED A PROTT DURG ONE OF HIS FILM SHOOTS. IN A PUBLIC STATEMENT, MURPHY SAID THAT HE WAS "NOT HOMOPHOBIC" OR "ANTI-GAY" AND THAT HE EPLY REGRETTED "ANY AND ALL PA" THAT HE ED, ADDG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT LIKE THE RT OF THE WORLD, I AM MORE TED ABOUT AIDS 1996 THAN I WAS 1981. I THK IS UNFAIR TO TAKE THE WORDS OF A MISRMED 21-YEAR-OLD AND APPLY THEM TO AN RMED 35-YEAR-OLD MAN. I KNOW HOW SER AN ISSUE AIDS IS THE WORLD OVER. I KNOW THAT AIDS ISN'T FUNNY. IT'S 1996 AND I'M A LOT SMARTER ABOUT AIDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE ACTIVISTS ACCEPTED MURPHY'S APOLOGY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN APPLD HIS ABOUT-FACE, AS COHEN'S TERACTN WH BURGS SUGGTS, THE PUBLIC OFTEN FDS DIFFICULT TO FIVE OR FET, PARTICULARLY WHEN TO EDIANS—AND PARTICULARLY WHEN TO BLACK MALE EDIANS. THE PREVAILG MYTH BEG THAT THE BLACK MUNY, PECIALLY BLACK MEN, ARE MORE HOMOPHOBIC THAN THE RT OF SOCIETY, WHICH PLETELY NEGLECTS THE POWER STCTUR PLACE AND WHO KEEPS THEM PLACE. IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW THE AGE OF CYNICISM AND "NCEL CULTURE," WHEN THE PUBLIC'S BELIEF THE PERMANENCE OF ONE'S NCELATN PRECLUS ANY BELIEF ONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A YEAR LATER, MURPHY GARNERED SOME MORE UNWANTED ATTENTN WHEN HE PICKED UP SHALIMAR SEIULI, A TRANS WOMAN WORKG AS A PROSTUTE. RUMORS HAD LONG DOGGED MURPHY OVER HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN—SOME TONG THAT PERHAPS HE DOTH PROTT TOO MUCH—AND THE CINT ONLY ADD FUEL TO THE SPECULATIVE FIRE. MURPHY CLAIMED HE WAS SIMPLY GIVG HER A RI, AND WHILE HE WASN'T FOUND GUILTY OF ANY IMPROPER BEHAVR, SEIULI MANAGED TO PARLAY HER FAMY TO BRIEF, MOR FAME AS A DANCER BEFORE DYG TRAGILLY AT AGE 21 OM WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN ACCINTAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HAVG GONE THROUGH HIS FAIR SHARE OF NCELATNS AND SNDALS OVER HIS REER, MURPHY SEEMS UNFAZED BY BACKLASH, SUCH AS THE RECENT ONE THAT LED TO THE FIRG OF THE HLY HIRED SHANE GILLIS OM MURPHY'S OLD STOMPG GROUND SATURDAY NIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT EVEN IF THE TIM HAVE CHANGED, AND EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HE HAS CHANGED, DO WE LIVE A TIME WHEN BELIEF CHANGE IS EVEN POSSIBLE? I GUS THAT PENDS ON WHICH MSY QUEEN YOU'RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
”This isn’t the first time Murphy has addrsed his homophobic jok. " Three years to his "Saturday Night Live" gig, Murphy released the Grammy Award-wng special "Delir" 1983, which he ma jok about AIDS, ed a gay slur multiple tim and told the dience he was "aaid of gay people.
"Murphy released a statement to the San Francis Chronicle 1996 after gay rights activists protted the edian's "Late Show" appearance amid him filmg a movie San Francis, slammg Murphy for never apologizg for past jok about AIDS. " Murphy had already prevly apologized for his earlier material, but s later, the memory of the offendg cint lgers July, actor and serial Emmy snubee Ts Burgs lled out talk-show host and Bravo chief homosexual Andy Cohen for beg a "msy queen" after an appearance on Watch What Happens Live durg which Cohen asked him about workg wh Murphy on Doleme Is My Name and relled the edian's homophobic stand-up om the '80s.
EDDIE MURPHY REFLECTS ON PAST ANTI-GAY JOK: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’
"I was jt wonrg if you got close at all, bee he was very problematic for the gays at one pot, " Cohen said to Burgs, who claimed that Murphy "wasn't problematic" for him.
In the larger gay imagatn, Murphy is problematic. His two inic stand-up specials, 1983's Delir and 1987's Raw, may have been edic and cultural touchston, but he also ed them as platforms to ridicule gay Delir, sportg a tight red leather su, Murphy warns agast "faggots" starg at his ass and do a uple of (admtedly hilar) bs about Mr. T and The Honeymooners' Ralph Kramn and Ed Norton beg also discs the then-burgeong AIDS crisis, which largely affected gay men, sayg that he's "petrified" of women who love to hang out wh gay men bee "they uld be the club havg fun wh their ltle gay iend and give them a kiss and go home wh that AIDS on their lips.
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"Murphy pped his fag b Delir by sayg that he "kids the homosexuals a lot… 'e they're homosexuals. You n hang out wh a gay person.
Guys, don't feel alienated [om] gay people bee they're gay. Bee you n play tennis wh a gay person.
" Now all fairns, a lot of my teractns wh homosexuals have end that way. But while Murphy claimed was all good fun, for his gay fans was hurtful. ’ And wh each and every gay joke, the crowd went wild.
EDDIE MURPHY COMMENTS ON HIS OLD STAND-UP BS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE: 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
”However, Murphy apologized for his past homophobic remarks 1996 after gay rights activists San Francis mounted a prott durg one of his film shoots. In a public statement, Murphy said that he was "not homophobic" or "anti-gay" and that he eply regretted "any and all pa" that he ed, addg:Jt like the rt of the world, I am more ted about AIDS 1996 than I was 1981.
The prevailg myth beg that the black muny, pecially black men, are more homophobic than the rt of society, which pletely neglects the power stctur place and who keeps them place. Followg his last apology for past edy rout, actor/edian Eddie Murphy has now exprsed embarrassment for prevly makg anti-gay jok that he says now make him crge.
”One particular clip that Murphy took issue was a segment om his 1983 edy special “Delir, ” which he joked about havg “nightmar about gay people.
YAHOO REARS REACT AFTER EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE'
At the same time, cricism over Delir’ often homophobic and offensive material has followed Murphy for s.
In an terview wh CBS Sunday Morng, the edian once aga addrsed the special, which opened wh 10 mut of gay jok. He heavily employed slurs and uttered l like “I have nightmar about gay people.
He released a one-page statement rponse to gay activists who mand The Late Show wh David Letterman ncel his appearance. Eddie Murphy admted that his past jok about gay people were "ignorant. Stephen Colbert exprsed regret for a Tmp joke that many perceived as antigay.