Did Eddie Murphy Have Any Kids With Paige Butcher?
Eddie Murphy already had a large family by the time he was in a relationship with current wife Paige Butcher. But how many of his kids are his and Butcher’s now?
How many kids do Eddie Murphy and Paige Butcher have?
Murphy had eight children when he met Paige Butcher in 2012. His first child was with ex-girlfriend Paulette McNeely. But he had the most children with ex Nicole Brown Murphy, sharing five children with her. He had two other children with Tamara Hood and Mel B.
Murphy and Butcher expanded their family even further with the birth of Izzy Oona in 2016. Their second child, and Murphy’s tenth Max Charles, was born two years later in 2018.
According to People, Insiders confided that Butcher and Murphy have as normal of a family life as can be.
“They live a pretty low-key life. They are all about family. Paige is very close with Eddie’s kids,” the source claimed.
“They are a very special and happy family. They vacation and spend holidays together. Paige loves being a mom and is very involved. She takes her daughter to the park and for play dates,” they added.
The pair also appeared to have their children long before they were officially married. Murphy and Butcher were engaged in 2018, six years after dating. But they didn’t get married until July of 2024. Rumors circulated that the two already wedded, or were very close to, when Murphy referred to Butcher as his wife in a New York Times interview.
“I used to be so hip, I used to know who everybody was, and now there’s just so much stuff,” Murphy said. “[I] ask my wife, ‘Who’s this person?'”
Eddie Murphy’s kids stop him from making bad decisions
Although ten kids could be quite a lot to handle, Murphy confided that he really does enjoy fatherhood. Because of his status as a parent, the Shrek star does a lot less work than he used to. But he considers that a good thing.
“The whole idea of being out there and doing three movies a year, that s*** 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,” Murphy once said on WTF with Marc Maron.
His ten children also help him avoid making bad decisions.
“When you hit a crossroads moment or you have got some s*** , you think, ‘Well, what is best for my children?’ If you go that route then you never make a bad decision,” Murphy said.
What helped Murphy enjoy fatherhood even more was how his kids turned out. He seemed very proud of the men and women they were becoming.
“I am so blessed with my kids,” he added. “I don’t have one bad seed. I don’t have any like ‘Oh you are the one.’ I don’t have any of that. My kids are so great, normal people — and nobody is like the Hollywood jerk kid.”
The 1 Hollywood rule Eddie Murphy had for his kids
It’s common for children of actors to want to become actors themselves. A few of Murphy’s kids also wanted to follow in his footsteps. But one of Murphy’s kids, Bella, who he had with Nicole Brown, confided they’d have to wait until they were the appropriate age.
“I used to always ask, ‘Can I be in this one?’ He’s like, ‘Bella you have to be 18,’” Bella Murphy once recalled to Madame Noir. “I was like, ‘I know but like…please!? I would always ask, ‘Can I please be an extra?’ I just love acting so it’s really fun for me. Even being an extra is awesome to me.”
So if Murphy’s and Butcher’s latest kids want to get into show business when they’re older, they might have to wait until they’re 18 as well.
