Michael Jackson's old fried Eddie Murphy says the singer was so timid he hid behind a door at a screening of 'Cocoon' in Sammy Davis Jr's house.
The "Coming 2 America" star made the declaration to Jimmy Kimmel, who said "that's a great answer."
Eddie Murphy talks about Rick James, Michael Jackson and Arsenio Hall on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," while promoting his new Netflix movie "You People" with Jonah ...
and [Michael Jackson](https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Jackson/). [Marvin Gaye](https://www.upi.com/topic/Marvin_Gaye/) album I Want You. [Watch the full interview below](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07hqWMcLWI8&t=1s), where Murphy also shares what it's like to hang out with [Sammy Davis](https://www.upi.com/topic/Sammy_Davis/) Jr. [soon to promote Beverly Hills Cop 4,](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/09/29/kevin-bacon-axel-foley-netflix/6561664444422/) which he just finished shooting. One of them was about the funk singer [Rick James](https://www.upi.com/topic/Rick_James/). [It starts streaming on Netflix](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/12/05/You-People-teaser-Jonah-Hill-Eddie-Murphy-Netflix/3621670255755/) on Friday. [You People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcd0df7jwpM) was written by [Kenya Barris](https://www.upi.com/topic/Kenya-Barris/) of Black-ish and Hall. DeMille](https://www.upi.com/topic/Cecil_B._DeMille/) Icon award at the Golden Globes and promoting his new Netflix film, You People. "He was at [my] house the other day. as the audience and Murphy laughed, given James' own admission that he was on drugs for many years. "I went up there to record "Party All the Time,"' his 1985 hit single that was written and produced by James. In it, Murphy plays a Muslim father, who isn't too happy when his daughter (London) takes up with a white man (Hill).
Eddie Murphy dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to share his habit of texting Planet of the Apes quotes to Tracy Morgan, describe Michael Jackson's private zoo, ...
I was supposed to go for one weekend, and we got snowed in Buffalo — sometimes it has five feet of snow — and I was stuck in Rick James’ house for two weeks, and it was one of my fondest memories.” to share his habit of texting Planet of the Apes quotes to Tracy Morgan, describe Michael Jackson’s private zoo, and to reveal that he was once (delightfully) trapped with [Rick James](https://uproxx.com/topic/rick-james/) for two weeks thanks to Mother Nature. “It was maybe the most fun I ever had.
During his talk-show appearance, he recalled that Michael was once so nervous around the other celebrity guests at Sammy's house that he shrank behind a ...
'It was too many people in the room. Eddie's Michael Jackson sketches on Saturday Night Live in the 1980s became the stuff of legend, but he insisted the jokes were 'never mean-spirited' as 'I knew him.' ' the Beverly Hills Cop star recalled.