Eddie Murphy Reveals Shocking Proposition from Famous Actor Involving His Wife

Eddie Murphy has shared a shocking story from his early days in Hollywood in the Netflix documentary Being Eddie.

The comedian revealed that when he was 21, actor Yul Brynner, best known for The King and I and The Ten Commandments, made a surprising proposition that involved his wife.

Murphy described the moment, saying, “Nobody had as much fun as we had in the ’80s. Nobody. My 21st birthday party, I had at Studio 54. Yul Brynner, from The Ten Commandments, he was with his wife, and he was like, ‘How would you like to go back to my apartment with my wife and I and party?'”

At the time, Murphy politely declined, responding, “Nah, I’m cool.” It wasn’t until years later that he realized the full implication of Brynner’s offer. “I got older, I was like, party? His wife was smiling. I was like, ‘Did he want me to go f*** his wife?’ I was like, what the? When I got older, I thought back on it.”

Looking back, Murphy joked that he might have reacted differently today. “Now I wish I would’ve went. The story would end better if, you know, ‘Yeah, I went back to Yul Brynner’s spot and f**** his wife. He was watching me f*****… He was going, ‘Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,'” he laughed, mimicking Brynner’s famous line.

The story is just one of many wild experiences Murphy shared from his youth. After joining Saturday Night Live straight out of high school, he often found himself around legendary performers and the party-heavy side of Hollywood.

He reflected on this, saying, “When I hung out with, like, Rick James and them in the ’80s, when I would start seeing certain people come in the room, and you know what’s getting ready to start going down. They get ready to be in the other room getting down, I just bounced. I was never curious about it. I never wanted to go in there, check it out, or nothing. I just wasn’t with it.”

Murphy also revealed that he avoided drugs even when offered by stars he admired. “When I was 19, it was my first year of Saturday Night Live, I went to a blues bar with John Belushi and Robin Williams. They put some blow on the table. I’m standing there with, you know, two heroes. I wasn’t even curious. I was just not with it.”

This candid reflection shows Murphy’s early career and the choices he made to stay true to himself while navigating a chaotic Hollywood environment, according to the Netflix documentary.

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