Eddie Murphy says his old stand-up jok about gay people make him 'crge': 'I n't believe I said that' | Fox News

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• EDDIE MURPHY SAYS PAST JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM ‘CRGE’
• 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
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• EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE': 'I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
• JOHNNY GIL TALKS GAY RUMORS AND EDDIE MURPHY
• EDDIE MURPHY'S OUTDATED JOKE ON GAY MUNY MAK HIM 'CRGE' NOW
• EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, AIDS ARE ‘CRGEY’
• EDDIE MURPHY LLS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE 'CRGEY': 'OH MY GOD, I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
• EDDIE MURPHY COMMENTS ON HIS OLD STAND-UP BS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE: 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'
• EDDIE MURPHY REFLECTS ON PAST ANTI-GAY JOK: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’

EDDIE MURPHY SAYS PAST JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM ‘CRGE’

After he picked up a transsexual prostute, Atisone Seiuli (aka Shalimar), his Toyota Land Ciser at a known homosexual prostutn spot along Santa Moni Boulevard Wt cintTo set the scene, Murphy’s n- wh police was two years after the Hugh Grant cint (Dive Brown! ) and six years after Pl Rbens (Pee-wee Herman) was arrted an adult theater, and the public was prime for a new sex sndal, pecially one that uld imply that the edian was maybe — gasp — gay, bee the late ’90s were all about outg stars. 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. " 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.

"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.

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

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.

5 CELEBRI MOURED TO BE GAY WHO ARE ACTUALLY STRAIGHT

"Murphy pped his fag b Delir by sayg that he "kids the homosexuals a lot… 'e they're homosexuals.

EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE MAKE HIM 'CRGE': 'I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'

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.

JOHNNY GIL TALKS GAY RUMORS AND EDDIE MURPHY

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.

”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.

EDDIE MURPHY'S OUTDATED JOKE ON GAY MUNY MAK HIM 'CRGE' NOW

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. (MARK J TERRILL/AP)In the 1980s, Murphy me unr fire om gay rights groups for his obscene edy rout — and, at one pot, he was brand a homophone for his anti-homosexual the years that followed, Murphy's troubl eventually land the legal arena. Murphy’s 1983 edy special Delir — though hugely popular and fluential — prompted wispread accatns of homophobia.

EDDIE MURPHY SAYS HIS OLD JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, AIDS ARE ‘CRGEY’

We were very spired by the latt sndal: Patrick Stewart was falsely labelled gay by The Guardian. The Guardian mt have fotten to prooead their paper before publitn, sce they mistakenly intified Patrick Stewart as a gay man their Ellen Page g out article.

The third paragraph origally said ‘Some gay people, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, thk Page’s g out speech is newsworthy’.

But while on that note, let’s take a look at a few other people who have been surround by gay mours but are actually straight. Ju Law has been the centre of gay mours for a while now and for var reasons. Dpe beg married several tim and datg a handful of women, Eddie Murphy was moured to be gay for many years.

EDDIE MURPHY LLS HIS OLD STAND-UP JOK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE 'CRGEY': 'OH MY GOD, I N'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'

Every boy band history was moured to be gay... Alas, the actor is not gay and has a very lengthy rume of past heterosexual relatnships. In a ntroversial op-ed clarg Griff gay after his 2007 ath, The Hollywood Reporter ced Terr’s lawsu (as well as another dismissed lawsu om former assistant Brent Plott, who sought $200 ln palimony), while acknowledgg that Griff evad the qutn of his sexualy durg his life.

Listed gropg among the accatns as well), 1997, a former executive assistant om a few years before named Ernto Meda filed a su claimg “Williams ma fun of him for beg gay, gave him embarrassg sex toys, and grabbed his butt, ” acrdg to E! For years, Gill has been surround by mors that he was volved a gay love affair wh edian Eddie Murphy, and a revealg new terview, he spoke wh “omg!

"In many ways, Gill, who will be featured a new episo of TV One's "unsung, " which airs tonight, said that he se the mors to be the rult of a bygone era, and yet he himself has progrsive views about what means to be gay.

EDDIE MURPHY COMMENTS ON HIS OLD STAND-UP BS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE: 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I SAID THAT'

"But I don't feel as bad anymore, bee when I go on the Inter everybody's gay … I've jt always been a very private person. Whether 's beg lled gay, acced of beg gay, acced of a thief, acced of beg anythg or somebody's lyg [about] you and sayg somethg about you that's not te, jt don't feel good … I have such passn for gay people now more than ever.

When we first got together – we've been together for five years – there was so much stuff floatg around why are you datg this guy, this guy, he's gay, blah, blah, blah, Eddie Murphy.

EDDIE MURPHY REFLECTS ON PAST ANTI-GAY JOK: ‘I CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT’

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. Johnny Gill addrs gay mors and his spect relatnship wh Eddie Murphy….