Eddie Murphyis looking back at his milestoneSaturday Night Livehosting gig.
Speaking to PEOPLE on the red carpet of Sunday’s 2020Golden Globes, the comedy legend, 58, called the experience of returning to the long-running NBC sketch comedy program that made him famous “nostalgic and surreal.”
“I’m so glad that I went back,” said Murphy. “It was just a great feeling.”
Murphy — who hostedSNL‘s Christmas episode, marking his first time leading the show in 35 years — had such a good time that he promised he’d be back again soon.
“Maybe next year, let’s see. But definitely not 35 years. I’m not waiting 35 years,” he teased, joking, “When I’m 97, I’ll host!”
Alongside Murphy at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunday was his fianceéPaige Butcher.
Murphy wore a black tuxedo pants with a matching turtleneck and a purple velvet tuxedo blazer. Butcher wore a strapless gown with a grey fitted bodice and ruffled skirt.
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Murphy and Butcher, 40, share two children together — son Max Charles, 1, and daughter Izzy Oona, 3.
The actor is also dad to his oldest son, Eric, 30, with Paulette McNeely. His other children, including daughters Bella Zahra, 17, Zola Ivy, 19, Shayne Audra, 24, andBria, 29, plus 26-year-old son Miles Mitchell, are with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy.
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After three years away from the screen (he last appeared in 2016’sMr. Church), the comedian and actor is bursting back onto the scene in a big way this year.
2020 is also slated to be a busy year, as he is slated to go on a stand-up comedy tour and star inthe anticipated sequel toComing to America.
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Explaining his return to the spotlight, Murphypreviously told PEOPLE andEntertainment Weeklyin September, “I was on the couch for maybe five, six years and now it’s time to get off the couch.”
“I was on the couch because I was rested, I mean I was tired,” he continued. “I’d been making movies and doing this stuff for so long I just needed time to be on the couch. Now, I’m off and [Dolemite] kind of lit a spark because it turned out so well and it got the creative juices flowing.”
“You know that expression ‘turn lemons into lemonade’?,” Murphy described of his character. “Rudy turned s— into lemonade.”
The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony is airing live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 5.
source: people.com
