Why isn’t Eddie Murphy cancelled?

Guess why.

This is painful to watch. It was painful then, too.

Same reason Tim Allen hasn't been? and Mel Gibson?

R3 homophobia is okay?

Eddie really shouldn't talk, with his tranny proclivities and his questionable friendships.

Eddie Murphy is a true genius. One of the five greatest comic actors of all time. He apologized years ago. The End.

It was over 30 years ago

What about Tracy Morgan saying that he’d rather his son be dead than gay

The video description is sad. Comments too.

This too, op.

Gay jokes were...are a comedian’s bread and butter. What’s Sam Kinnison known for? Attacking gays and AIDS. That’s all he’s remembered for really. And yet he’s considered a comedic genius.

Because this ancient history.

He's obviously closeted.

He's apologized, but isn't he still making money from these early specials?

Both "Raw" and "Delirious" are on Netflix. "Raw" is on Prime as well.

One presumes he didn't just give them to these services for free.

Somebody is still making money off of this.

If he were really sorry he wouldn't be profiting from this shit, wouldn't let anybody else profit from it, and would pull them from public view, a la "Song of the South".

He's not really sorry.

Gary Oldman should be cancelled - that Playboy interview a few years back. "I was drunk at the time" was and remains a lame excuse.

Sean Penn & Alec Baldwin should also be cancelled for their derogative use of the word 'fag' or 'faggot' over the years.

Comedians are the only people out there who can make fun of everything out there. People know it's not personal. Often they share insights and personal experiences. Eddie is a good guy.

Because they trannies know he's into them.

I remember when I was a young gayling and Eddie was just about the biggest thing in show business.

He did an interview with Rolling Stone, and he made a statement (I'm paraphrasing here):

"I ain't never had a dick in my mouth or in my ass!"

I remember thinking, OK, but what about YOUR dick in a guy's mouth or ass? Funny how you didn't mention that!

Because you only get cancelled if you criticise blacks, Muslims, or trannies.

So white comedians can back jokes about blacks, R16? I don't think so. But fag jokes all round are apparently just fine!

I cancelled him in the 80s after seeing his Raw concert video. This was when I was in my mid-twenties - long before becoming an elder gay. That show in particular seemed dirty, juvenile, and not very funny, either.

R20 to each group to their own with comedy: it’s not a hard concept. There are black gays.

R21 midtwenties is Eldergay

R6 then we’ll let Sharon Osborne apologize and get The Talk back to normal

Exactly, R17.

Everybody knows that Eddie is a closet case.

That's why no one takes him seriously.

Sam Kinisin died in ‘92, I agree on Alec Baldwin and Sean Penn, Mel Gibson. What’s Mel up to these days anyway?

[quote]Sam Kinisin died in ‘92

And?

I was hacked!

Because, dumbass OP, he publicly apologized for it nearly 30 years ago.

And just a few years ago he said he cringes at the ignorance in his old standup.

I remember a pimp coming up to me outside a sleazy Times Square hotel saying that he knew Eddie and that he would like me ! I am male and bleached blond, back then I was in my late 20s.

I always rely on sleazy Times Square pimps for my information. He was just trying to turn you out.

People get so outraged when gays comment on this stuff.

This is what we used to have to put up with.

That’s not comedy - that’s pure hate.

[quote]Comedians are the only people out there who can make fun of everything out there. People know it's not personal.

Bullshit.

All the old homophobes loved dick.

R29 oh good, we’re turning a page. All the racist celebrities can come back if they apologize too.

Eddie only apologized after 15 years and after his Tranny arrest.

^ No, dumbass. The apology came at least a year before the arrest. And he apologized in the 90s, long before it became a "thing," during the height of anti-PC culture. And he apologized long after he'd stopped doing jokes like that, and he hasn't done them since. And he never hid behind "they're just jokes, comedians should be able to joke about anything."

But please, what more do you want from him, exactly?

R27) Somebody mentioned Sam Kinisin, I was just pointing out that he died in 92 .... And?

Oh and R37, since you refer to his "Tranny arrest" it's pretty clear you aren't bothered by slurs in general, just some.

R15- ESPECIALLY if we consider the fact that Alec Baldwin is a FAGGOT himself.

R34- I watched Lisa Lampinelli's show on HBO several years ago. At the beginning of her show she said hi to the different groups in her Santa Rosa audience- I have my blacks over there, I have my hispanics over there and I have my gay over here- then she says -HI FAGGOTS!

It was not done viciously it was VERY funny.

R42 but Lampanelli is openly supportive of gays--she's done fundraisers for GMHC and related groups. So it's very clear she doesn't have any malicious intent in her humor. Kinison was not similarly supportive of gays. The furthest he got was to say he shouldn't have joked about AIDS and death, not even apologizing.

[quote]he died in 92

Good!

Joan Rivers should be cancelled!

And Howard Stern.

Chelsea Handler.

Who else? Let’s “cancel” everyone who has made anything but a knock-knock joke, just to cover all our bases.

[quote] Joan Rivers should be cancelled!

Don't worry, we took care of that!

Watch Bowfinger. Really watch Beverly Hills Cop. Watch The Nutty Professor. Watch Dreamgirls. Eddie is the most inventive and surprising presence you will ever see. He's a fucking genius. And was cute as hell too. If he said these things last year, cancel him. But he did not.

Chris Rock (Eddie's number one fan and stand up successor) would be cancelled today for his HILARIOUS and true stand up piece about the difference between black people and ni**ers. Yes, it was presented in his shows for several years and in a stand up special too. It was very funny if you're black. And he invited his whole audience to laugh. But he can't do that anymore.

Angry language against F@Gs ain't funny. Eddy apologized sincerely. Which means without grovelling or a trip to rehab. He's a comic. Not the first or last to make fun of gays. Eddie is deeper than most. Prince dressed like a GAY fuck puppet and was far more homophobic. Murphy is interesting in his display of his feminine side. Watch him play every character in a film. He's not mocking people. But as himself he's cocky and assured. SEXY. He just wasn't always comfortable with so many mens wanting his fine ASS!

Why are people so invested in "comedians" and what they think about anything? Most of them (probably all) aren't much different from any of their fans (dumb and uncultured). Murphy said those things because he's trash, born and bred.

You assholes are beyond ridiculous. You talk so much shit about women black people etc. On a daily basis and completely lose you're shit if someone says something about gay people.

Get over yourselves, it's not that fucking serious.

Bunch of sensitive Bitches!

He's a tranny chaser. So he gets a pass.

R14 makes a good point. Those old specials should be pulled from Netflix.

Eddie has apologized, and he's changed his behavior. But still the content of those specials celebrates hate towards gay people.

Love Eddie Murphy.

[quote]Love Eddie Murphy.

Love Charlie Murphy.

I love Cillian Murphy.

I love Murphy Brown

Every time “white privilege” comes up (which has been A LOT these days) I think of his White Like Me SnL sketch on the bus. Who would have thought it would be even funnier and more true and relevant today?

There are some LSA beauties on here getting in a tizzy about their community being called out for its blatant homophobia.

Lots of his skits on SNL were impressive. There's good reason he had so much buzz after only 1 season on there.

R57, no dear, it's the opposite. Lots of white racists are pissed that half-assed fake apologies from fellow racists aren't good enough to let them go back to doing their racism, but a Black celebrity such as Eddie Murphy "gets away" with a sincere apology after actually stopping doing the thing he was criticized for.

Steve Martin used the word "fag" in his standup routine in the 70s, as well. It's on one of his albums.

For the record...I don't give a shit that he used that word. I love Steve Martin. I'm totally against "cancelling" people. It's ridiculous and is starting to become a parody of itself.

R60 let’s cancel Steve Martin too. Let’s cancel everyone. I think the cancel CULTure is ridiculous, but the hypocrisy within it is even more insane.

[quote]He's a tranny chaser. So he gets a pass.

So you think all those straight guys who pick up hookers at 3 in the morning dressed like that know they have dicks?

R62 Some of them-most of them do. I have a friend who works in an abs and the trans porn is a very big seller.

It’s hilarious when someone capitalizes the “b” in black, but not the “w” in white. I find that truly comedic. Carry on.

R64 me too

R64 has much time on her hands

It’s comedy. Don’t be so sensitive. “Black” and “white” is hilarious.

Block the idiot at R57. You’ll be glad.

no matter how many babys he has, we know his true love for the tranny pussy.

[quote] then we’ll let Sharon Osborne apologize and get The Talk back to normal

Honey, she’s been a nightmare to work with for decades. This was the final straw.

He is a self hating homo who think he is straight because he sucks ladies dicks

Some people apparently have nothing else to do besides look for ways to be offended.

who's the asshole who has his tongue up Murphy's ass proclaiming he's a genius? Mary! Hardly, he's occasionally funny but a prissy egotist who stormed out of the Oscars the year he didn't win.

That was 50 years ago. Hello?

I keep asking that myself.

He should be cancelled for Coming to America 2.

His losing the Oscar at the last minute was wonderful.

I think because when he was caught with the tranny, everyone finally put two and two together. Everyone knows that the most homophobic people are usually denying something within them. Karma came back GOOD to him!

Oh, and also because he’s black.