Eddie Murphy honors family ‘blessings’ during 2026 AFI Life Achievement
- By Sarah Brohi -
- Apr 21, 2026
The comedy legend Eddie Murphy revealed how blessed he has been in year in 2026. He further told he has been blessed with not one but two grandchildren in the space of a fortnight, a grandson and a granddaughter, and he could not be happier about it.
On April 18, Saturday, during an interview with Entertainment Tonight at the American Film Institute Achievement Award Ceremony, Murphy shared the news with characteristic warmth.
He stated, “I just had my first grandson two months ago”, referring to the baby boy born to his daughter Bria, 36, and her husband Michael Xavier, who married in July 2022. Bria had offered a glimpse of her pregnancy at the November premiere of her father’s documentary Being Eddie.
He also confirmed the birth of his third granddaughter, just two weeks ago, to his son Eric and Jasmin Lawrence, the daughter of comedian Martin Lawrence. The couple married last May and announced they were expecting in February. Murphy revealed the baby girl’s name to E! News: Ari Skye.
He further added, “So all this stuff is happening. I’m like it’s raining blessings on me. Raining blessings”. When asked whether he had been dispensing parenting wisdom to the new arrivals, Murphy was direct.
“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 ten children across several relationships, including sons Eric, 36, Christian, 35, Myles, 33, and Max, 7, and daughters Bria, Shayne, 31, Zola, 26, Bella, 24, Angel, 19, and Izzy, 9.