Overview
- Being Eddie began streaming on Netflix on November 12 and features Murphy recounting his life from early fame to personal trials.
- At the Los Angeles premiere, Murphy posed with seven of his ten children: Eric, Christian, Myles, Bria, Shayne, Zola and Bella, with Angel, Izzy and Max absent.
- Murphy has said his large family “just happened” and calls it “the best thing,” adding that if one can afford many children, it can be joyful.
- The documentary delves into his parents’ separation, the death of his father when he was about seven or eight, and the 2017 loss of his brother Charlie to blood cancer.
- Fellow comedians including Pete Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock pay tribute, with Davidson recalling solace in Murphy’s Delirious after his father died on 9/11.