Eddie Murphy declared “it’s raining blessings” on Saturday after welcoming his first grandson – his second grandchild in two months.
The Beverly Hills Cop star revealed the happy news during an appearance at the American Film Institute Achievement Award Ceremony in Los Angeles, confirming the new baby arrived earlier this year.
The actor, 65, told Entertainment Tonight: ‘I just had my first grandson two months ago.’
Murphy did not reveal which of his children welcomed the little boy, but PEOPLE reports his daughter Bria, 36, showed off a baby bump at the red carpet screening of fly-on-the-wall documentary Being Eddie in November.
The actor also confirmed that he became a grandfather again earlier this month when his son Eric, 36, welcomed a little girl named Ari Skye with his wife Jasmin – whose father is fellow Hollywood star Martin Lawrence.
He added: ‘I had my third granddaughter two weeks ago. So all this stuff is happening. I’m like it’s raining blessings on me. Raining blessings.’
Eddie Murphy declared “it’s raining blessings” on Saturday after welcoming his first grandson – his second grandchild in two months
When asked if he’s been handing out parenting advice, he told the outlet: ‘Oh, you don’t give advice like that. You know, your kids don’t go by your advice. Your kids go by the example you set. They watch you.
‘The stuff you be saying, they don’t even pay that s*** no mind. They watch and see what you do. So, I don’t give a lot of advice.’
Murphy is father to 10 children. He shares Eric with Paulette McNeely and Christian, 35, with Tamara Hood.
He fathered Bria, Shayne, 31, Zola, 26, and Bella, 24, and son Myles, 33, with his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, daughter Angel, 19, with Spice Girls star Melanie Brown and he also has Izzy, nine, and Max, seven, with his current wife Paige Butcher.
The actor previously opened up about Eric’s wedding to Jasmine revealing the couple tied the knot last May in an intimate church ceremony.
Appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show in May, 2025, he said the wedding had taken place around “two weeks ago” and explained the couple had opted against a large celebration.
He added: ‘They went off, everybody was making the big wedding plans, and then they decided they wanted to do something quiet with just the two of them.’
Murphy joked father-of-the-bride Martin Lawrence would not have to pay for a “big wedding” – adding: ‘We’re in-laws.’
He continued: ‘They went off and they got married at the church. They just had the two of them and the preacher.
‘They had a quiet little thing. So I think we’ll have a big party or something.’
Murphy has ten children. Over the weekend the 65-year-old actor posed with most of them when being honored at the American Film Institute ceremony (pictured)
Prior to accepting the award, the actor was met with a standing ovation, stepping onstage and moving through the ballroom as the applause followed. Along the way, he passed Spike Lee, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Arsenio Hall and Judge Reinhold.
‘Seeing all of my family, all my kids, my beautiful wife, and seeing all the different people I worked with, I’m just really filled up,’ said Murphy, who received the life achievement award at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
‘This is a special moment. I wish y’all could feel what I´m feeling, see what I´m seeing. I almost teared up. I´m going to get backstage and cry.’
The tribute, which also featured appearances from Bill Burr, Kevin Hart, Eva Longoria, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Kenan Thompson, will premiere as a special on Netflix on May 31.
Murphy has moved from a teenage stand-up sensation to a breakout force on Saturday Night Live to a box office mainstay with films like Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor and the Shrek franchise.
Large images from those defining moments filled the venue stage, tracing a career that has crossed stand-up, television and film.
‘Eddie made us laugh and made our nation feel better,’ said Lee, who presented the award to Murphy. ‘I took a camera and told stories on how our nation could be better. … We both pushed culture forward. … Every step of this journey, Eddie has been true to himself.’
Comedians pointed to Murphy´s influence across generations.
‘There is no us without you,’ Rock said.