Eddie Murphy hosting SNL. Photo: Will Heath/NBC Bill Cosby’s publicist, Andrew Wyatt, has caught wind of the jabs Eddie Murphy made about Cosby during his Saturday Night Live episode over the weekend, and Wyatt has taken to Instagram to respond, throwing some insults Murphy’s way, too.
.youtube[data-uri="www.vulture.com/_components/youtube/instances/ck4ikwf9c001p3g67vz1q14vf@published"].border-top:before { content: 'Watch'; } Wyatt responded to Murphy’s remarks in a lengthy Instagram post on Cosby’s account, calling Murphy a “Hollywood Slave” and arguing that Murphy’s career was only possible because of Cosby. Wyatt ended the statement using hashtags like #NotFunnySNL and #FreeBillCosby.
Mr. Cosby became the first Black to win an Emmy for his role in I Spy and Mr. Cosby broke color barriers in the Entertainment Industry, so that Blacks like Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappell [sic], Kevin Hart and et al., could have an opportunity to showcase their talents for many generations to come. It is sad that Mr. Murphy would take this glorious moment of returning to SNL and make disparaging remarks against Mr. Cosby. One would think that Mr.
Murphy has been very vocal in his criticism of Cosby over the years, including earlier this year when he appeared on an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. “He had a weird thing with me that he didn’t have with other comics,” Murphy told Seinfeld, referring to the “mean” way Cosby would lecture Murphy about his material. “He wasn’t nice. He wasn’t doing that with everybody — he did that with me specifically. He was shitty with me.
Eddie's Cosby story in 'Raw' is still an absolute classic.
At least he ain't a prisoner!
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