Eddie Murphy has made people wonder if he is married
Eddie Murphy referred to his longtime fiancée, Paige Butcher, as his “wife” twice in a new interview.
The “Beverly Hills Cop” star first made the comment while admitting on the New York Times’ “The Interview” podcast Saturday that he does not keep up-to-date with pop culture and fellow celebrities.
“I’m so out of touch. I used to be so hip. I used to know who everybody was, and now there’s just so much stuff. I ask my wife, ‘Who’s this person?’ She’ll be like, ‘Oh, that’s so and so. They’re the biggest thing in the world.’ I don’t even know what’s going on,” he said while laughing.
Elsewhere in the episode, Murphy, 63, talked about some of the “not hip” TV shows he and Butcher, 44, watch together.
“I’m not ashamed to say it: Every night at 6 o’clock, when I eat dinner, I watch Steve Harvey and ‘Family Feud.’ On Tuesdays, I watch ‘The Masked Singer.’ We do! My wife and I, we watch all of those shows, the singing competitions and that kind of stuff. … Last year, I watched all of ‘The Golden Bachelor,'” he shared.
A rep for Murphy didn’t return Page Six’s request for comment on whether he and Butcher are married.
The “Coming to America” star and the model got engaged in 2018.
The couple began dating in 2012 after meeting on the set of “Big Momma’s House 2” six years prior.
They share daughter Izzy, 8, and son Max, 5.
Murphy was previously married to Nicole Mitchell from 1993 to 2006, and they share five children together: Bria, 34, Myles, 31, Shayne, 29, Zola, 24, and Bella, 22.
Prior to his marriage with Mitchell, the “Nutty Professor” star dated Paulette McNeely and Tamara Hood, with whom he shares sons Eric, 34, and Christian, 33, respectively.
Murphy also dated Melanie “Mel B” Brown of the Spice Girls, who is the mother of his daughter Angel, 17.
