What happened with David Spade and Eddie Murphy? Comedian addresses feud with movie star 

Joe Dirt star David Spade is the talk of the town after he recently addressed his 25-year feud with actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, according to E! News. Spade, 61, on one of the recent episodes of his podcast, Fly on the Wall, which he co-hosts with Wayne's World actor Dana Carvey, opened up in a candid conversation about the time he cracked a joke about Eddie Murphy's horror comedy film. Vampire in Brooklyn, directed by Wes Craven, on Saturday Night Live in 1995.

David Spade, widely known for his sarcasm and self-deprecating humour in his comedy, who has been nominated for multiple awards, including two Golden Globes for his performances on television, joked during the weekend segment on SNL in 1995 regarding Eddie Murphy and his film Vampire in Brooklyn, which at the time was reportedly considered a box office failure.

At the time, Spade joked and said:

"It’s a falling star. Make a wish."

After Spade cracked the aforementioned joke about Eddie Murphy and his 1995 horror comedy movie, their relationship with one another did not remain the same. On the recent episode of his podcast, Fly on the Wall, David Spade, while addressing the matter, said:

"It was weird going from being a super fan to having him hate me overnight, and to try to win him back for the last 25 years. I was on Weekend Update on SNL, new to the show, making fun of all the celebrities and I made fun of him and it didn't go well. And he called me and we had it out."

David Spade went ahead and explained:

"I didn't really fight back. Because I did feel a little guilty about it. And he did make some sense, I just didn't like that because he was a hero."

Eddie Murphy shared that David Spade's joke on SNL hurt him

According to E! News, as cited by USA Today, Eddie Murphy, as he mentioned in his Netflix documentary, Being Eddie, released in November 2025, his problem was not particularly with David Spade but with the SNL show. While in the documentary, Murphy shared that he was hurt after Spade made that joke, he said:

"I was hurt. It’s like your alma mater taking a shot at you."

Murphy continued:

"The joke had went through all of those channels that the joke has to go through. That’s what y’all think of me?...And that’s why I didn’t go back for years."

While mentioning his return to host SNL, Murphy said:

"That little friction that I had with SNL was 35 years ago. I don’t have no smoke with no David Spade. It was like, ‘Hey, let me go to SNL and smooth that all out.’ And I did."

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