Golden Globe Awards: Only Eddie Murphy Could Have Joked About Will Smith's Oscar Slap
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Eddie Murphy was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes
Eddie Murphy was honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. Given Eddie Murphy's body of work as an actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer, the audience was all ears when it came to his acceptance speech. Eddie Murphy cracked everyone up with a joke on Will Smith and the slapgate at last year's Oscars. He said, “I want to let you know that there is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity and peace of mind,” as the room listened in rapt attention. Eddie Murphy added, “It is a blueprint and I have followed it my whole career. It is very simple, just do these three things: pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith's wife's name out of your f***ing mouth!” leaving the audience in splits. ???? The biggest round of applause for Eddie Murphy, this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient! Your decades of unbeatable comedy and incredible performances deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated! ???? #GoldenGlobespic.twitter.com/IWiU6LEmmf
A video of the acceptance speech was shared online by the official Twitter handle of the Golden Globe Awards. The caption read, “The biggest round of applause for Eddie Murphy, this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient! Your decades of unbeatable comedy and incredible performances deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated!
Eddie Murphy was referring to the infamous incident at the Academy Awards last year when Will Smith walked on stage and slapped host and comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. It all began when Chris Rock, who was on stage, made a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith to G.I. Jane because of her shaved head. Jada Pinkett-Smith suffers from alopecia, a medical condition that causes hair fall.
