“I did see Eddie Murphy,” he confirmed.
“People asked me if I’m tight with Eddie Murphy.
Everything bad has evaporated.”
David Spade; Eddie Murphy.Credit:Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty
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Last year, Murphy toldThe New York Timesthat he was hurt by the joke.
“It was like, ‘Hey, hello.
David Spade at ‘SNL50: The Anniversary Special’ in February 2025.TheStewartofNY/WireImage
This isSaturday Night Live,’ he said.
“Im the biggest thing that ever came off that show.
I thought that was a cheap shot.
And it was kind of racist, I thought I felt it was racist.”
Spade said that there’s no hard feelings from Murphy at this point.
“There’s absolutely noanythinganymore,” he said.
“Everyone was cool.
He was in sketches, he was upbeat.”
“I had a great seat for that one,” Spade said of the sketch.
“I saw it hilarious.
Good to see Eddie doing Eddie stuff like that.”
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Spade also described his behind-the-scenes interaction with theComing to Americastar.
“He was super cool.
[I] dapped him up.”
It was all good.”
Murphy later appeared in a prominent role in the"Scared Straight" sketchalongsideKenan ThompsonandWill Ferrell.
Listen to the full conversation between Spade and Carvey above.
