Looks Like Eddie Murphy Is Making Fun of Bill Cosby Now

During his Mark Twain Prize for American Humor acceptance speech on Sunday night, Eddie Murphy seemingly flip-flopped on his previous reservations about poking fun at embattled comedian Bill Cosby… by making fun of Bill Cosby.

Murphy previously chose not make fun of Cosby’s ongoing scandal during his return to Saturday Night Live for the 40th anniversary special, which Cosby thanked him for publicly. When asked about his unwillingness to chastise Cosby on SNL, Murphy said there was “nothing funny about it,” and that to do so at the time would merely hurt Cosby and his accusers.

However, when Murphy took the stage on Sunday night, he joked about whether or not Cosby’s own Mark Twain Prize had been returned. He even broke out an impression of the disgraced comedy legend.

“Bill has one of these,” said Murphy as the crowd began to laugh. “Did y’all make Bill give his back?”

“He should do one show where he just comes out and talks crazy. ‘I would like to talk to some of the people who feel that I should give back my mother f*cking trophies!”

Murphy is only the fourth African-American comedian to receive the award. The previous was Cosby, who accepted the trophy in 2009.

Check out the clip above, via the Associated Press.

[h/t Vulture]
[Image via screengrab]

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