Eddie Murphy Calls David Spade’s SNL Joke About Him ‘Racist’

podcast, the 63-year-old actor and comedian reflected on the “cheap shots” that he felt he had taken over the years, especially from the media during the early years of his career.

“Back in the old days, they used to be relentless on me, and a lot of it was racist stuff. It was the ’80s and just a whole different world,” Murphy said.

Murphy then pointed to “when David Spade said that s— about my career on ‘SNL,” referring to a joke that Spade, now 59, made during a “Hollywood Minute” sketch on a December 1995 episode of the show.who rose to fame starring on “SNL” from 1980 to 1984 and was credited with saving the show from cancelation at one point, was stung that the dig at his career came from an “SNL” cast member.