Have you seen how outrageously great Eddie Murphy was back in his SNL days? Think about those fantastic films he made way back when! Beverley Hills Cop(s), Trading Places, Coming To America, 48hrs… not to mention stand-up films like Raw.
He was untouchable for a while. And then he went rubbish. Really, really dreadful.
In fact, it all started going wrong in the ’90s with dreck like The Nutty Professor, Shrek, Dr Dolittle and anything that enabled him to play all the characters at once. So what went wrong? It seems he stopped drinking, that’s what.
According to the man himself, he hasn’t touched a drop of booze in 18 years. Apparently, he can no longer drink because it makes him sick.
The last time he had a hangover was after he consumed three paltry glasses of champagne on his honeymoon following his marriage to now ex-wife Nicole Mitchell in 1993.
He said:
“The last time I got drunk was … on my honeymoon, maybe 18 years ago…. I only had three glasses of champagne. It don’t take a lot … I was feeling great for about five minutes, thinking this is a wonderful honeymoon.”
So then, think about this – he was a clean living, non-boozehound when he was stopped by police with a transvestite prostitute in his car.
He was stone cold sober when he had sex with Spice Girl Mel B. He was clean as a whistle when he told everyone that he didn’t want anything to do with the baby she had with him.
Amazing.
And now he’s making a Hong Kong Phooey film and generally being about as humorous as a Stanley Knife blade being jammed up your fingernails.
Eddie. Please start drinking again.
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Emily says
Ok… Well is funny because Most of the films you said were “Great” before he Quit were actually Crap… and most the films you said were “Crap” AFTER He quit, Were actually Great.
Your argument is Invalid… STFU !