I Love Fatherhood — Eddie Murphy On Having 10 Children

Coming 2 America star Eddie Murphy is a proud father of 10 children and has stated that his favourite role is being a dad to his kids.

Murphy was quite candid in a recent interview with the Mirror, disclosing that his kids always come before his career, calling them the "center of everything."

"I am going to be 60 in April and I have all these babies", the actor gushed. "I love fatherhood. The whole idea of being out there and doing three movies a year, that sh*t is over.

"I found over and over again and along the way, I realized that if you put your children first, you never make a bad decision. When you hit a crossroads moment or you have got some sh*t, you think, 'Well, what is best for my children?'

"If you go that route then you never make a bad decision."

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Eddie Murphy's daughter, Bella (19), starred alongside him in Coming 2 America (she played his second daughter in the film) and he showered praises on all of them.

Eddie Murphy and his kids

"I'm so blessed with my kids. I don't have one bad seed. I don't have any like 'Oh, you're the one.' I don't have any of that. My kids are so great, normal people and nobody is like the Hollywood jerk kid.

"My kids are smart and are trying to do stuff. I am blessed with my kids. I really, really got lucky."

Murphy and his fiancee Page Butcher had their son Max in 2018. They are also parents to daughter Izzy (4). The actor shares his oldest son Eric (31) with Paulette McNeely. 

He is also dad to son Christian (30) with Tamara Hood and daughter Angel (13) with former Spice Girl Mel B.

Murphy's other five children daughters Bella, Zola (21), Shayne (26), and Bria (31), plus 28-year-old son Myles are with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell.