Back in November of last year, we learned that Eddie Murphy was expecting his ninth child, his first with his long-time girlfriend Paige Butcher. “Long-time” meaning four years, they’ve been dating since 2012. Paige has been described by some long-time Eddie-watchers and friends as being the one to get Eddie to come out of his hermit crab shell a little bit. She’s also 19 years younger than Eddie – he’s 55, she will be 37 years old next month. And now they’ve welcomed their first child together, a little girl.
It’s a girl! Eddie Murphy is a dad of nine after welcoming a baby girl on the morning of Tuesday, May 3, in Los Angeles, California, his rep confirms to PEOPLE. Daughter Izzy Oona Murphy, who arrived weighing 7 lbs., 15 oz., and measured 19½ inches long, is the actor and comedian’s first child with longtime girlfriend Paige Butcher.
“Both mother and daughter are doing well,” according to a statement.
Murphy, 55, is also dad to Eric, 26, and Christian, 25, as well as Bria, 25, Myles, 22, Shayne, 21, Zola, 15, and Bella, 13, his children with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, and his 9-year-old daughter Angel with Melanie Brown.
The name… Izzy Oona Murphy. I’m not feeling it. I’m totally fine with Izzy as a nickname for Isabella or Elizabeth or Isadore. But to give the baby a nickname-as-first-name? Eh. Oona, on the other hand, just reminds me of Oona Chaplin, also known as Talisa Stark, the wife of Rob Stark, and murder victim at the Red Wedding.
It’s sort of crazy to me that Eddie already had eight kids before Izzy Oona and seeing their ages listed like that… damn, bro. Five of his “kids” are already adults!
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The fact that two of his children are the same age, but have two different mothers jumped out at me. But congratulations on the new baby
If a woman had that many kids with that many partners, you know what people would call her? Talk about double standards…
And the name is awful, poor baby.
I always thought Izzy was a nickname? Still better than a person that wanted to name their child “Cyanide” They felt it was a pretty name!
NewWester, I will never forget watching Rikki Lake one day when she had on a young woman named…I kid you not…”Aquanette”.
F-ing HAIR SPRAY?!
The first 7 children listed, including the 2 the same age, are all from his X wife. They have the same mom.
Actually the eldest two sons are not Nicole’s, they were born to two separate girlfriends of Eddies back in the 80s. He went on to have the next five kids with Nicole, then the youngest girl with Mel B of the Spice Girls.
He’s always been proud of all his kids and supported them. I’ve seen photos of him with most of them out at events. I think the only one he doesn’t see as often or get photographed with is the youngest girl Angel, but that may be due to continued conflicted relations with her mother and not lack of pride or anything similar.
Nope. Christian (25) is his son with Tamara Hood Johnson, and Bria (25) is a daughter with Nicole Murphy. Son Eric (26) was born the same year, and his mother is Paulette McNeely.
That is what our old overpopulated, ready to burst planet needs_ people breeding like rats.
Oh but his seed is so special he just can’t help but spread it, it’s for the greater good of humanity.
And what woman in her right mind wants to breed with someone who already has so many children with so many women?? No, thank you. I don’t care how rich he is.
As Deadpool would say…”let’s pull out from this camera angle. Just like that. That’s about the only thing pulling out tonight.”
Congrats on the new baby.
Nine kids with 5 women. Yeesh.
Yeesh is right. Must make for some awkward family gatherings.
There probably aren’t many.
Christmas dinner must be fun…
But I still remember how bad he treated Mel B. end ended up in court to recognize his child…
One more and he will have two full basketball teams of children.
Well Clint Eastwood has at least 8 kids with 6 women. None of it came out til way later in his life.
“Izzy Oona” is like a sound a loud appliance might make…like a cappuccino machine or something.
It’s awful. What were they thinking?
I love onomatopoeia.
What a name. And I don’t mean that in a good way.
Eddie just needs to stop making babies and focus on establishing his stand up legacy. This last decades have me doubting if he really belongs in the same breathe as Redd Fox and Richard Pryor.
Don’t worry. He doesn’t. You mention him when you mention Martin Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Aries Spears, and all of those Def Comedy Jam comedians. His brand of comedy is much more on par with those guys. (I think Kevin Hart will be in a league of his own in the future because he is pretty much standing alone right now.)
Since I still remember most of Eddie Murphy’s stand up movies (because they were that funny), yes it’s classic and far above the crew you just mentioned. However he doesn’t seem to really care about ‘legacy’ and that’s probably because he already knows that the work he did will stand out from the rest.
Agree. Delirious and Raw still stand up as some of the greatest comedy to date.
Wrap That thing of yours up and put it away….you getting old.
Um, can I at least feel good that I got to the name Oona five years ago, far BEFORE Eddie here did? Yikes. Not an association I thought I’d ever have.
Still, congratulations. Babies are lovely, something I’m guessing he knows and she’s learning. Something else nice, something else nice . . . oh! At least she’s nearly forty and not nearly thirty or – thank goodness – not nearly twenty. Still quite a gap, but not nearly as bad as it could be.
Ugh. Izzy gay or not?
Everyone seems to be upset about his very generous contribution to the population, but as long as he supports and loves his children and doesn’t “Duggar” them, I congratulate them both. That name, though.
Basically my feelings. If he’s a good father then whatever he can afford them.
You can’t be a good father to 9 children, all of whom live in different homes probably. He’s got 4 kids in school atm, how much time do you think he can give them all? How often do they eat breakfast together?
Nine kids, wow that is old school. LOL. But he’s ready willing and able to support them, so…good for them? I don’t feel judgey about it — Eddie Murphy isn’t a cause of the world’s miseries. And their age difference is fine too. I don’t get the Eddie hate.
I think the opposite, I don’t ‘get’ why somebody would name their child Isabella and NEVER call them that. I don’t like the nickname Izzy as-is, but my sisters name is a ‘nickname’ because my parents liked it more than the full version, and they knew that her schoolmates and family would probably end up calling her a nickname anyways.
but thats just my personal experience. I like the name Oona as a first name.
Absolutely repulsive on all levels.
He has an Izzy and a Bella…..see where I’m going with this??
Also, who has unprotected sex with a man with that many kids by that many women, some of whom overlap each other?!
Does he even have enough money to gold dig? Does he really like kids? Are a lot of them accidents? It seems crazy.
Exactly. Cause it’s obvious he doesn’t use a condom, so you’re sleeping with every woman he’s slept with. Pass.
9 kids? To be a fly on the wall when his lawyers reads his will.
YES! continue this trend, this deserves twice the shade yall give to Kate Winslet!! I’m with it!, Loose Morals on him and his weenus
2 of his older kids are the same age but have different moms. It’s appalling that some women will decide to have a kid by a rich man who wants nothing to do with them, just so they can get hush money and child support.
Use to really like this guy way back from his SNL days, thought his brand of comedy was above with some greats, until his baby with Mel B. The way he handled that situation mad me lose all respect for him. I wouldn’t watch anything does now even for free.
I really like the name.
I was a huge Eddie fan, having grown up on his movies. I loved his marriage to Nicole, and their large beautiful family. Still loved him through the divorce and “scandal”, but lost it with his treatment of Mel B; he came for her in a really unpleasant way.
Congratulations to them. I hope they have a long and happy life together, and that little Izzy gets to see and know all of her brothers and sisters.