Eddie Murphy expecting ninth child

Eddie Murphy is expecting to be a dad again with girlfriend of four years, Paige Butcher.

Eddie Murphy, 54, and girlfriend Paige Butcher, 36, are expecting their first child together. The couple announced the exciting news to Entertainment Tonight.

The actor is not new to fatherhood though, he already has eight kids from previous relationships—Eric, 26, and Christian, 25. In addition to his five kids with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell; Bria, 25, Myles, 22, Shayne, 21, Zola, 15, and Bella, 13 and also 8-year-old daughter, Angel, with Melanie “Mel B” Brown.

Congratulations to them both! I wonder if we can expect another little Beverly Hills Cop or more of a Lethal Weapon.

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16 Comments

- - aprilb1 said
  - 31 Dec 2015
    8:29 am
Wow 9 i didn’t know he had so many lol

- - mom160421 said
  - 15 Dec 2015
    2:05 pm
I guess he can afford to have lots of children – I hope he has a good relationship with each of them.

- - mom163392 said
  - 08 Dec 2015
    12:36 am
Wow, nine? Christmas at the Murphys must be fun

- - Nas01 said
  - 05 Dec 2015
    10:46 pm
Wow 9! I thought 4 was hard but I’m assuming having that kind of money would proberly help with hiring a lot of help. Congratulations and good luck !!

- - dragonflychai11 said
  - 03 Dec 2015
    2:13 pm
Congratulations to them both.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 24 Nov 2015
    8:33 pm
Eddy is a very busy boy! lol!!!

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Nov 2015
    1:08 pm
How sad! One of the dilemmas of celebrity status. The famous have relationships, MAJE babies, break up and move onto the next one. So many children Eddie, are you spending quality time with each of them?

- - ozstarlett said
  - 08 Nov 2015
    9:01 pm
Congrats news for Eddie – awesome for them both

- - mom74640 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    12:03 pm
Lke fa

- - taynik46 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    11:53 am
wow that is a lot of kids – congratulations to them for their first

- - mum4107 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    5:36 am
Congratulations to them both.I wish them all the best

- - sonja_holness said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    10:47 pm
9 kids? I only knew about the one he had with Scary Spice. I must be totally out of the loop.

- - mom94125 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    10:01 pm
yes i heard that his girlfriend was an australian!

- - mom94378 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    8:59 pm
Not a fan of Murphy, way too reliant on foul language.

- - cherz said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    6:25 pm
Plenty of siblings, so thinking plenty of help. Best wishes to all.

- - mom90758 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    1:36 pm
Eh! Eh! Nice! Congratulations! His girlfriend is gorgeous!!