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Posted: 2024-06-30T20:04:10Z | Updated: 2024-06-30T20:04:10Z

Eddie Murphy hasnt forgotten how Saturday Night Live once mocked a low point in his career.

The Beverly Hills Cop actor reflected on his relationship with the storied sketch show during an episode of The New York Times The Interview podcast released this weekend, recalling how one joke about him seemed like a cheap shot with racist undertones.

During a sketch called Hollywood Minute that aired in December 1995, SNL cast member David Spade laughed at Murphys box office flop from that year, Vampire in Brooklyn, and showed a photo of the comedian on screen, saying, Look, children, its a falling star. Make a wish.

Murphy, who spent four years on SNL in the 80s, told the Times he felt like the crack was completely out of line.

It was like, Yo, its in-house! Im one of the family, and youre fucking with me like that? It hurt my feelings like that, he said.

The Raw comic found the bit particularly disrespectful, knowing how hes been credited with reviving much of the sketch series shine during his four-season run on it.