Eddie Murphy Recalls the Day John Belushi and Robin Williams Allegedly Offered Him Cocaine

Eddie Murphy has alleged that comedians John Belushi and Robin Williams offered him coke in the ’80s – but he refused and is grateful he did.

“I remember I was 19, I went to the Blues Bar. It was me, Belushi and Robin Williams,” he recalled on The New York Times podcast “The Interview,” published Saturday. “They started doing coke, and I was like, ‘No, I’m cool.’”

The “Beverly Hills Cop” star, 63, said he turned down their alleged offer because he wasn’t interested in trying the drug.

“I had no moral attitude. I just wasn’t interested,” says Murphy. “Not having the desire or the curiosity, I would say that is providence. God was watching over me at that time. »

The “Nutty Professor” star went on to describe the rise and fall of so many stars, including Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Belushi and Williams, as “cautionary stories.”

Belushi died of a heroin overdose at the age of 33 in 1982, while Williams committed suicide in 2014 at the age of 63. The King of Pop and the King of Rock’n’Roll also died prematurely and unexpectedly.

“When you become famous at a young age, especially as a black artist, it’s like living in a minefield. At any moment, something can happen and destroy everything,” Murphy told The New York Times. “It was like this was all happening, and I had no idea.”

He added: “Today, at this age, I can look back and say, ‘Wow, I walked through a minefield for 35 years.’ How do you survive a minefield for 35, 40 years? You’ve got to have somebody looking out for you.”

Murphy has been in the business for decades and got his start on “Saturday Night Live” at the age of 19.

Although he reached a level of fame that allowed him to put the world at his fingertips, he confirmed that he never started drinking and only tried weed age 30.

In the same interview with the Times, Murphy discussed his long-running feud with David Spade, which began after Spade joked that his career was failing during a 1995 episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

“It was like, ‘Yo, how could you do that?’ My career? Really? A joke about My career?” he recalls.

“So I thought it was a low blow. And I thought it was a little racist.”