I still appreciate it,” he said, adding, “And I’m going, okay, I’m a kid, saying that.” But that’s not to say that I don’t appreciate it. (He was only 19 when he joined the cast of “SNL” in 1980.) However, the “Saturday Night Live” alum also appeared to chalk it all up both to being “within the context of the times” and being a young performer. “I’m like, oh my God, I can’t believe I said that!” Some of it, I cringe when I watch,” he said. Throughout his old stand-up routines in the 1980s, including his 1983 special “Delirious,” the comic made numerous anti-gay jokes - even using slurs against his targets - that drew blowback and protests.īut in an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning,” Murphy seemed to express some regret - or at least shock at his own audacity - when asked if the content was still funny to him. Harvey Weinstein saga gets Hollywood treatment 'We knew Louie was cool': How Louie Anderson was cast in 'Coming to America' Jerry Bruckheimer talks Detroit and Hollywood with Jalen RoseĮddie Murphy in talks for George Clinton 'Godfather of Funk' biopic
