Eddie Murphy Recalls 'Clairvoyant' Girlfriend Who Predicted He'd Become Famous
During his recent interview on Complex's 360 With Speedy, The Pickup star recalled believing that he'd be famous when he was 13 years old. But it wasn't just from Murphy's own admission: He said his then-girlfriend, Sherry Bell, was a "clairvoyant" who knew he'd become a star.
"She could really, like, read stuff. She could like put her hands on stuff and see stuff with her hands," Murphy told Speedy Morman around the 1-minute mark of the video above.
"She could put her hand in the newspaper and tell you the stuff in the paper," he continued. "And you could put money in her hands, she could tell you what the bill was. She could put her hand in the photo album and tell you who was on the picture."
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The actor-comedian said Bell's predication about his career arose when he was 13 or 14 years old.
"She told me, 'You're going to be famous,'" Murphy said. "I was like, 'Yeah, I knew it, I knew it.'"
Murphy called Bell the first person who "really solidified" that he'd make his mark in Hollywood, adding that she had a "neurological problem" that caused her to be "bedridden" throughout her 20s.
"She passed away when I was doing [1996 comedy] Nutty Professor," Murphy said. "And I took care of her all the way from high school all the way up to those years when she was bedridden."
Murphy, who was married to his then-wife Nicole Murphy at the time, said a strange occurrence during filming seemed to indicate that Bell had passed away.
"We're shooting one big scene and all the lights go out. And the whole set is all black. All the power left," he said. "We go back to the trailer. Then on the way to the trailer, somebody came and told me, 'Hey, Sherry Bell passed away.' Lights out."
Murphy's sit-down with Speedy marks the first time he's publicly talked about Bell. His movies have grossed $6.5 billion globally.
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