Eddie Murphy admitted he’s petrified of turning into a viral meme if a basketball participant crashes into him whereas he’s sitting courtside at a Lakers recreation.
Eddie Murphy confessed his courtside nervousness and viral meme paranoia throughout a current sit-down, revealing that whereas he enjoys front-row seats at Los Angeles Lakers video games, he’s consistently fearful about turning into web fodder.
“My greatest worry is to be sitting there and one of many guys go dive for some ball and knock me out and switch into some meme,” Eddie Murphy mentioned. “You would be on TV and be on the information and Shaq(uille O’Neal) is stepping in your face.”
The Beverly Hills Cop legend, identified for preserving a low profile exterior of labor, mentioned he’s not involved about getting hit with the ball—as a result of that’s already occurred.
What rattles him most is the sheer measurement of the gamers and the opportunity of a 7-footer barreling into his lap.
“You don’t realise how large these guys are till you sit on the ground and so they run by. It’s like a f**king herd. A 7-foot dude diving into you,” he mentioned.
Regardless of being a Hollywood icon, Murphy mentioned he doesn’t usually mingle in celeb circles. He recalled assembly LeBron James exterior a nightclub within the mid-2000s throughout his divorce from Nicole Mitchell, however mentioned such encounters are uncommon.
“I by no means met Michael Jordan earlier than. I haven’t met lots of people. I met a bunch of individuals within the early days. Once I first received into enterprise, I might meet folks. However I don’t do plenty of present enterprise stuff,” Murphy mentioned.
