It took some time for Eddie Murphy to forgive David Spade for his infamous “Saturday Night Live” dig.
During a recent episode of his “Fly on the Wall” podcast, Spade said it took him “25 years” to win back fellow “SNL” alum Murphy after taking a shot at his film “Vampire in Brooklyn” during a “Weekend Update” segment.
“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,” Spade said.
“We had some bumps in the road along the way, early on,” he added. “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 explained that during the confrontation, he “didn’t really fight back” since he felt “guilty” about talking badly on air about his “hero.”
During the segment in question, Spade was making fun of several celebrities, Murphy included. In light of the poor box office performance of Wes Craven’s “Vampire in Brooklyn,” Spade said of Murphy, “Look, children, it’s a falling star. Make a wish! You make a Hollywood minute omelet, you break some eggs.”
In his recent Netflix documentary “Being Eddie,” Murphy explained that he refused to go on “SNL” for years after the joke aired.
“The joke had went through all of those channels that the joke has to go through, and then he was on the air saying, ‘Catch a falling star,’” Murphy said. “So I wasn’t like, ‘Fuck David Spade.’ I was like, ‘Oh, fuck “SNL.” Fuck y’all. How y’all going to do this shit? That’s what y’all think of me? Oh, you dirty motherfuckers.’ I was like that. And that’s why I didn’t go back for years.”
Spade added that he and Murphy reunited at last year’s “SNL50” celebration, and that all transgressions had been forgiven.
“I’ve seen him once or twice. And then I saw him at the 50th and we talked a little bit and everything’s fine,” Spade said. “And then they asked him about it and he said, ‘Yeah, we’re all good.’ So yeah, we’re all good.”
