Eddie Murphy’s son Eric Murphy has married Martin Lawrence’s daughter Jasmin Lawrence, it’s been announced, with the couple said to have quietly tied the knot recently
Former co-stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence are now in-laws. It’s been announced that the actors’ respective children Eric Murphy and Jasmin Lawrence have quietly got married, six months on from their engagement last year.
Eddie, 64 – who starred alongside Martin, 60, in the films Boomerang (1992) and Life (1999) – shared the news this week. As reported by Bang Showbiz, he announced that his son Eric, 35, and Jasmin, 29, got married earlier this month during an appearance on the Jennifer Hudson Show today.
Eddie spilled on their decision to elope to host Jennifer Hudson, 43, saying: “They got married, like, two weeks ago. 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. And then they got married.”
As Eric and Jasmin opted for a low-key affair, the Shrek star – who has Eric with his former girlfriend Paulette McNeely, who he dated in the 1980s – joked that Martin no longer has to stump up a lot of cash to pay for a lavish wedding for his daughter.
He joked: “Yeah, we’re in-laws. And he doesn’t have to pay for that big wedding now. They went off and got married at the church. They just had the two of them and the preacher. They had a quiet, little thing. Some people have like a big party, or something, but they ran off and got married.”
The ‘Big Momma’ star – who has Jasmin with his 54-year-old ex-wife Patricia Southall – previously revealed that he was expected to pay for Eric and Jasmin’s wedding because Eddie covered the costs of his children’s “last six weddings”.
Appearing on iHeartRadio’s ‘Big Boy’s Neighborhood’ in December 2024, Martin said: “Eddie said I gotta pay for it. He said I gotta pay for it, ’cause he paid for his last daughter’s wedding — like the last six weddings — but he said it’s my turn now.”
Eddie’s 1985 song ‘Party All the Time’ was the lead single on his first album ‘How Could It Be’, and it spent three weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
However, the ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor insisted he will not be singing if Eric and Jasmin – who began dating in 2021 – have a second wedding that will see the smitten couple say “I do” in front of family and friends or a celebratory party. But, he did not rule out on performing a “duet” with Martin.
After Jennifer teased the idea of Eddie picking up a microphone and performing, the dad-of-10 said: “No, I’m not singing! Martin will sing at the wedding. Do a duet. Yeah, maybe.”
Martin spoke about Jasmin and Eric on the Jennifer Hudson Show himself this week. He said: “He’s a great young man.” Asked who is more protective, himself or Eddie, he said: “I think we probably both are protective. We want the best for our children, but we let them do their own thing and make their choices.”
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