Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer.
Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and Dolemite Is My Name. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
“Golden Bachelor” breakup.The legendary comedian, 63, said he’s he’s “ashamed to say” he watched the reality series and was pissed when he learned that Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist split after three months of marriage.“Last year, I watched all of ‘The Golden Bachelor.’ You know they broke up?” Murphy said in an interview with the New York Times published Saturday.“What kind of s–t is that?” he continued. “Three months later.
I watched that s–t, I was like, ‘This is so nice, they found love in the second part of they life. This is a nice show. Bravo!’ ““Then I find out [they] motherf–king broke up three months later,” Murphy added. “The same old s–t.”The former couple fell in love on the inaugural season of “The Golden Bachelor” that aired last year.Turner, 72, proposed to Nist, 70, over runner-up Leslie Fhima in Costa Rica on the finale.The two got married in an ABC-televised ceremony on January 4.At the time, Turner, who lives in Indiana, and Nist, who lives in New Jersey, told ET that they planned to move after tying the knot on live TV. “On the first date, he spoke to me about possibly moving to the Charleston area.
I said, ‘Well, wow.’ I have a son who lives in South Carolina. I said, ‘That would work,’” Nist said. “It wasn’t until the Fantasy Suite that the conversation came back to that and we realized South Carolina is probably where we’re going.”However, the pair shocked the world when they announced on April 12 they were getting divorced after three months of marriage.
They said on “Good Morning America” that they couldn’t agree on where to live together.“We just feel like it’s best for the happiness of each of us to live apart,” Turner said. “I still love this person.
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