Editing Eddie Murphy (section)

==Personal life==
===Relationships and children===
[[File:EddieMurphy.jpg|left|thumb|Murphy's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].]]
Murphy had two sons in quick succession around the end of the 1980s: Eric (born July 10, 1989)<ref name="Caruso">{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/713091/eddie-murphy-will-be-a-father-for-the-ninth-time-as-his-girlfriend-paige-butcher-is-pregnant-with-her-first-child |title=Eddie Murphy's 10 Children: Everything to Know|first= Skyler|last=Caruso|publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 1, 2024|access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref> with then-girlfriend Paulette McNeely; and Christian (born November 29, 1990),<ref name="Caruso"/> with then-girlfriend Tamara Hood.<ref name=ETonline>{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/175387_eddie_murphy_and_girlfriend_paige_butcher_are_having_a_baby/ |title=Exclusive: Eddie Murphy and Girlfriend Paige Butcher Are Having a Baby! |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref><ref name=ninthchild>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/713091/eddie-murphy-will-be-a-father-for-the-ninth-time-as-his-girlfriend-paige-butcher-is-pregnant-with-her-first-child |title=Eddie Murphy Will Be a Father for the Ninth Time as His Girlfriend Paige Butcher Is Pregnant With Her First Child |first=Zach |last=Johnson |publisher=[[E! News]] |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>

Murphy began a longtime romantic relationship with Nicole Mitchell after meeting her in 1988 at an [[NAACP Image Awards]] show. They lived together for almost two years before getting married at the Grand Ballroom of the [[Plaza Hotel]] in New York City on March 18, 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2005/08/08/eddiemurphy/ |title=Eddie Murphy and wife divorce after 12 years |work=Hello! |date=August 8, 2005 |access-date=August 8, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711162918/http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2005/08/08/eddiemurphy/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Murphy and Mitchell have five children together: Bria (born November 18, 1989),<ref name="Caruso"/> Myles Mitchell (born November 7, 1992),<ref name="Caruso"/> Shayne Audra (born October 10, 1994),<ref name="Caruso"/> Zola Ivy (born December 24, 1999),<ref name="Caruso"/> and Bella Zahra (born January 29, 2002).<ref name="Caruso"/><ref name=ETonline /><ref name=ninthchild /> In August 2005, Mitchell filed for divorce, citing "[[irreconcilable differences]]". The divorce was finalized on April 17, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/eddiemurphy.htm|title=Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell Marriage|publisher=About.com|access-date=March 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113202027/http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/eddiemurphy.htm|archive-date=January 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following his divorce from Mitchell, in 2006, Murphy began dating former [[Spice Girls|Spice Girl]] [[Mel B|Melanie Brown]], who became pregnant and claimed the child was Murphy's. When questioned about the pregnancy in December 2006, by ''[[RTL Boulevard]]'', Murphy told Dutch reporter [[Matthijs Kleyn]], "I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir." Brown gave birth to a baby girl, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, on Murphy's 46th birthday, April 3, 2007.

On June 22, 2007, representatives for Brown announced that a DNA test had confirmed Murphy was the father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-dna-proves-eddie-murphy-fathered-her-baby/|title=Mel B Says DNA Proves Eddie Murphy Fathered Her Baby|work=People|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|date=June 22, 2007|access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> Brown had stated in an interview that Murphy has not sought a relationship with Angel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a101281/mel-b-writes-song-about-eddie-murphy/ |title=Mel B writes song about Eddie Murphy |website=Digital Spy |date=June 17, 2008 |access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/eddie-murphy-hasnt-had-a-drink-in-18-years-2011110313 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222071634/https://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/eddie-murphy-hasnt-had-a-drink-in-18-years-2011110313 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |title=Eddie Murphy hasn't had a drink in 18 years |newspaper=[[Newshub]] |date=November 3, 2011|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> although it was later reported in 2010 that Murphy was getting to know her.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/source-eddie-murphy-making-effort-daughter-ex-flame-melanie-brown-article-1.445721 |title=Source says Eddie Murphy making effort to get to know daughter he had with ex-flame Melanie Brown |newspaper=NY Daily News |date=May 10, 2010 |access-date=August 24, 2014}}</ref>

Murphy exchanged vows with film producer [[Tracey Edmonds]], former wife of [[Babyface (musician)|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]], on January 1, 2008, in a private ceremony on an island off [[Bora Bora]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wihlborg |first=Ulrica |url=https://people.com/celebrity/eddie-murphy-and-tracey-edmonds-marry/ |title=Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds Marry—Weddings, Eddie Murphy|work=People|date=January 19, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> On January 16, 2008, the couple released a statement describing the ceremony as a symbolic union: "After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forgo having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further" and that they would remain friends instead of pursue a further  romantic relationship.<ref name="upi-edmonds-split">{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/01/16/Murphy-Edmonds-splitting-up/93551200527714/?u3L=1 |title=Murphy, Edmonds splitting up |publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]] |date=January 16, 2008 |access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref> Murphy bought property on [[Long Island]], New York, later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2008/11/10/eddie-murphys-bowling-bashes-122372/|title=Eddie Murphy Bowling Bashes|date=November 10, 2008|access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref>

On May 3, 2016, Murphy had a daughter Izzy Oona by Australian model Paige Butcher, whom he had been dating since 2012.<ref name="Caruso"/> Murphy and Butcher are also parents of a son, Max Charles, born in November 30, 2018.<ref name="Caruso"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/parents/eddie-murphy-welcomes-daughter-izzy-oona/|title=Eddie Murphy Welcomes Daughter Izzy Oona |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 3, 2016|access-date=May 12, 2016 |first=Anya |last=Leon}}</ref> In September 2018 they became engaged to be married.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/eddie-murphy-is-engaged-to-pregnant-paige-butcher/|title=Eddie Murphy Is Engaged to Pregnant Paige Butcher!|date=September 28, 2018|work=Us Weekly|first=Nicholas|last= Hautman|access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref> Their son's middle name pays tribute to Murphy's late brother, Charlie, who died of [[leukemia]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/eddie-murphy-welcomes-his-10th-child-with-fiancee/fUQwCFXhJbeTR30qYsmRpN/|title=Eddie Murphy welcomes his 10th child with fiancee|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 4, 2018|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003706/https://www.ajc.com/news/eddie-murphy-welcomes-his-10th-child-with-fiancee/fUQwCFXhJbeTR30qYsmRpN/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2024, they married in a private ceremony in [[Anguilla]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/eddie-murphy-and-paige-butcher-are-married-exclusive-8677476 |title=Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher Are Married! Inside Their Private Caribbean Wedding (Exclusive) |work=People |last1=Lambe |first1=Stacy |last2=Leonard |first2=Elizabeth |date=July 12, 2024 |access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
Murphy has donated money to the [[AIDS Healthcare Foundation]], as well as cancer, education, [[Not-for-profit arts organization|creative arts]], [[Welfare state|family support]], health, and homeless charities. He has donated to the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site|Martin Luther King Jr. Center]], and $100,000 to the [[Screen Actors' Guild]]'s strike relief fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/194-eddie-murphy |title=Eddie Murphy's Charity Work |publisher=Looktothestars.org |access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref>

===Religious beliefs===
Murphy was baptized [[Catholic Church|Catholic.]]<ref name=notexorcism>{{cite magazine|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=November 9, 2011|title=Eddie Murphy Speaks: The Rolling Stone Interview|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/eddie-murphy-speaks-the-rolling-stone-interview-111885/|access-date=March 2, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kilpatrick|first=David Paul|date=September 7, 2012|title=Eddie Murphy Rents Prince's House: Not an Exorcism, A Blessing|url=https://www.davidpaulkirkpatrick.com/2012/09/17/eddie-murphy-rents-princes-house-not-an-exorcism-a-blessing/|access-date=March 2, 2021|website=David Paul Kirkpatrick's Living in the Metaverse}}</ref> It was reported in a 2011 issue of  ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine that Murphy remarked, "... I don't want to have no religion. I have [[Christian values|Christian-based values and beliefs]]."<ref name=notexorcism/>

===Eddie Murphy Rule===
Section 746 of the 2010 US [[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]], which prohibits securities trading based on non-public information misappropriated from a government source, is informally known as the "Eddie Murphy Rule".  The term relates to the plot in the 1984 film ''[[Trading Places]]'' where [[insider trading|illegally acquired market information]] was doctored and used (albeit not illegally in 1984) to short sell frozen [[orange juice]] [[concentrate]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Phillips |first=Matt |date=March 4, 2010|title=First the Volcker Rule, Now the Eddie Murphy Rule!|magazine=[[Wall Street Journal]]|language=en-US <!--|access-date=March 2, 2021-->}}</ref>

===Prostitute incident===
On May 2, 1997, Murphy was stopped by police in West Hollywood, California, at 4:45&nbsp;a.m. with [[Shalimar Seiuli|Atisone Seiuli]], a [[transgender]] prostitute, in his car.<ref>{{cite web|first=Suzy|last=Byrne|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eddie-murphy-stopped-police-transsexual-prostitute-car-040035645.html|title=When Eddie Murphy Was Stopped by Police With a Transsexual Prostitute in His Car|website=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]]|date=May 1, 2017|access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> His publicist, Paul Block, denied that Murphy had intended to pay Seiuli for sex, saying that Murphy was only giving her a ride home.<ref>{{cite news|first=Anne E.|last=Kornblut|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/cops-catch-eddie-murphy-transsexual-prostitute-1997-article-1.2617679|title=Eddie Murphy busted with transsexual prostitute in 1997|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> Murphy was not charged with any crime, though Seiuli had to spend 90 days in the LA County jail,<ref name=summers>{{cite web |title=The 'Wicked Beauty' Who Walked With the Icons |first=Joan |last=Summers |date= March 30, 2021 |url=https://www.jezebel.com/the-wicked-beauty-who-walked-with-the-icons-1846494807 |accessdate=March 20, 2025 |publisher=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]}}</ref> but the incident caused him a number of public relation problems.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/movies/09cris.html |title=The Mavens Speak|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 9, 2006 |first=Dennis |last=McDougal |access-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-et-word20-story.html |title=Owen Wilson Sits Out 'Drillbit Taylor' Promotion |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 20, 2008 |first1=John |last1=Horn |first2=Gina |last2=Piccalo |access-date=February 22, 2022}}</ref>