Eddie Murphy Marries Paige Butcher After 12 Years

Eddie Murphy has walked down the aisle once more.

The 63-year-old comedy legend and father of ten made it official with Australian mannequin Paige Butcher after a six-year engagement. The couple have been married in a personal ceremony in Anguilla on July 9. Murphy was beforehand married to mannequin and actress Nicole Murphy from 1993 to 2006.

Murphy and Butcher have been relationship for 12 years and are dad and mom to 8-year-old Izzy and 6-year outdated Max. Famously personal about their relationship, the pair hit the purple carpet collectively in 2023 on the Golden Globes Award and Murphy thanked her throughout his acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

All of Murphy’s kids have been in attendance on the nuptials, together with his daughter-in-law Jasmin Lawrence, who’s the eldest youngster of fellow comic Martin Lawrence.

Murphy has been again in enterprise making movies, together with reprising his function as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F for Netflix and prepping the primary standalone movie for Shrek’s Donkey which is slated to launch after the fifth set up of the favored franchise involves theaters.

What’s Subsequent For Eddie Murphy?

Regardless of his legendary standing, Murphy has managed to maintain a comparatively low profile. His final Netflix movie, You Folks, which additionally starred Lauren London and Jonah Hill, appeared to mark a relationship between the comedic large and the streaming juggernaut with rumors of a $70 million deal and a brand new standup particular on the desk.

Nonetheless, the deal seems to solely cowl the movie initiatives he dedicated to to date. In 2023, Murphy revealed that his eventual return to standup could be somewhat totally different than folks anticipated.

“[It’s a] entire totally different world because the pandemic,” he mentioned in an interview with Complicated. “However my present received’t simply be stand-up; my present shall be music and stand-up. As a result of I can’t simply get on the stage and simply do jokes as a result of I’ve all this different stuff now. I’m occupied with the way to put collectively a stay present that has every part.”

To this point, he accomplished manufacturing on two of the three movies he’s slated to launch with Netflix. So perhaps, we’re nearer to a brand new Eddie Murphy standup than we expect.

Congratulations to Eddie Murphy & Paige Butcher!