Eddie Murphy and Will Smith Perform the Slap at the Golden Globes: Eddie Murphy made sure to bring up the most notorious incident in recent entertainment award history—Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars event last year—during Tuesday’s Golden Globe Awards.
The well-known comedian and actor acknowledged various producers, executives, and publicists he has worked with over the years in accepting the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award before concluding with advice for upcoming “dreamers and artists.”
Murphy asserted that there is a clear path to success, wealth, longevity, and mental clarity that you can take, adding that he has done so during his whole career. After a dramatic pause, he said, “Pay your taxes, mind your business, and don’t mention the name of Will Smith’s wife!”
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The joke, which was bleeped during the live NBC broadcast, referred to Rock getting slapped by Smith onstage after he made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. After the attack, Smith yelled at Rock from his seat to refrain from mentioning his wife’s name.
Murphy claimed he has not spoken to Rock or Smith since the incident when he first showed up backstage, “but I adore both of them.”
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