Nicole Murphy Defends Keeping Her Ex-Husband Eddie Murphy's Last Name: 'I Earned My Name'
Nicole Murphy has no plans to give up her last name until she meets the one. Well, the next one.
Nicole and Eddie Murphy were married from 1993 to 2006 and share five children together. After their divorce, Nicole kept her new last name rather than returning to her maiden name Mitchell, something some critics claim is only for perks.
In an interview with 'Comedy Hype' published Sunday, Nicole clapped back at online trolls.
"Listen, I was married to that man for years, OK. I earned my name. I deserve my name. I have five children with that name. I didn't see any harm in keeping my last name. It doesn't matter."
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"Man, the REAL reason she kept it is because it's more beneficial to keep it, than it is to go back to her Maiden Name, and that's the straight up FACT OF THE MATTER," one viewer said. Another agreed, writing online "Let's be real if Eddie was a fein living out on the streets begging for change like the character he played in 'trading places' she would've changed that name back in a heartbeat!"
"I always said I would drop Murphy if I get remarried," the 56-year-old said because she has not yet found another life partner. "For now, if I'm ever to get remarried, absolutely I will drop Murphy in a heartbeat. Absolutely, because I think it's important to take on my husband's last name, OK. But as far as right now, it's gonna stay Murphy until I meet that man. Then I'll change it."
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The producer attests that she is not holding onto the 'Coming to America's' actor's last name for clout.
"I earned my name. This is my name," she said. "I was married — y'all wasn't married to him. I was. Ya'll didn't give five children. I did. I deserve my name."
