Eddie Murphy Takes Jab At Will Smith While Accepting Cecil B. DeMille Award At Golden Globes

Ouch! Eddie Murphy’s earnest Golden Globes acceptance code took a crisp crook adjacent the extremity of Tuesday night’s ceremony. After thanking friends, family, and colleagues for his Cecil B. DeMille beingness accomplishment award, the Beverly Hills Cop star, 61, offered young talents immoderate prime advice. Among his words of wisdom? “Keep Will Smith’s wife’s sanction retired of your f***** mouth.”

After a hilarious instauration by Tracy Morgan and Jamie Lee Curtis, the Golden Globe victor and six-time nominee took the signifier with sincere thanks. “I’ve been successful amusement concern for 46 years, and I’ve been successful the movie concern for 41 years truthful this has been a agelong clip successful the making,” helium said, past thanking his woman Paige Butcher, and filmmakers he’s worked with implicit the years.

Eddie Murphy took a jab astatine Will Smith during the 2023 Golden Globes. (David Fisher/Image Press Agency)

But Eddie wasn’t ending the code without a joke. “There is simply a definitive blueprint that you tin travel to execute success, prosperity, longevity, and bid of mind… and I followed it my full career,” helium said, “Pay your taxes, caput your concern and support Will Smith’s wife’s sanction retired your mouth.” The gag — a notation to the Fresh Prince star’s unscripted slap of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

Will wasn’t the lone 1 who ended up astatine the butt of a joke. In fact, Tracy roasted Eddie for having 10 kids, telling the comic, “Your pullout crippled is weak!” The prima shares eldest lad Eric with ex-girlfriend Paulette McNeely, has 5 children with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, a girl with Mel B of the Spice Girls, and lad Christian with ex Tamara Hood. He and Paige stock daughter Izzy, 6, and lad Max, 4.

Eddie present ranks among Hollywood’s legendary talents arsenic the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The grant has been handed retired since 1952, fixed to a “talented idiosyncratic for their outstanding contributions to the satellite of entertainment.” Last twelvemonth was an exception, arsenic the amusement was boycotted by actors and artists successful Hollywood. Prior honorees see Jane Fonda (2021), Tom Hanks (2020), Jeff Bridges (2019), Oprah Winfrey (2018), Meryl Streep (2017), and Denzel Washington (2016).

Eddie has a beardown past with the Globes. He won a Golden Globe successful 2007 for Dreamgirls, and was nominated for The Nutty Professor (1997), Beverly Hills Cop (1985), Trading Places (1984), and 48 Hrs. (1983). He’s besides been the recipient of a Grammy and a Primetime Emmy, successful summation to an Oscar information for Dreamgirls.

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