Eddie Murphy calls his old stand-up jokes about gay people 'cringey': 'Oh my God, I can't believe I said that'
#EddieMurphy #SNL #Stand_Up #Homophobicjokes His much-lauded return to Saturday Night Live saw Eddie Murphy revisiting some of the most popular characters from his past, including Mr. Robinson and Gumby. In a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning , the comedian is taking another look back — but this time, it’s at some of the problematic jokes that haven’t aged so well. In a conversation with CBS ’s Tracy Smith, the 58-year-old star was asked to reflect on homophobic jokes he included in his ‘80s stand-up routines, including a bit about having “nightmares about gay people” in 1983’s Delirious . While Murphy told Smith that he still finds “some” of his old material to be funny, not everything has held up. “Some of it, I cringe when I watch," he admitted. "I'm like, oh my God, I can't believe I said that!" Eddie Murphy is reflecting on some of his most controversial jokes. He added that he was unfazed, at the time, when his jo