Martin Lawrence Jokes He Plans On Getting Eddie Murphy to Pay for Their Kids’ Wedding

Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy are not just hilarious comedic icons but close-knit family members.

Lawrence, 57, joked about his daughter Jasmin Lawrence potentially conceiving a “comedy super-baby” with Eddie’s son Eric Murphy on Friday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after their kids went Instagram official last year.

Martin Lawrence Jokes He Plans On Getting Eddie Murphy to Pay for Their Kids’ Wedding

“We haven’t talked about it,” Lawrence said of him and Murphy, 61. “We kind of just stay out of their business and let them do their own thing, and respect their thing.”

He also shared how he is willing to put aside tradition to have the groom’s father take care of their potential wedding, joking with Kimmel, 54: “I’m gonna try to get Eddie to pay for it.”

Eric, 32, first posted about his relationship with Jasmin, 26, in June 2021, sharing a selfie of the two of them. “Head over heels in LOVE with YOU,” he captioned the post.

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Jasmin posted some more photos the following month, wishing her boyfriend a happy birthday. “Happy birthday, my love! I’m so incredibly blessed to know you, to love you, and to have you by my side,” she wrote.

“Cheers to many more blessings, laughs, and beautiful memories! I love you so much!!”

Martin and Eddie first appeared together in the 1992 comedy Boomerang and again in Life (1999). Eddie was also in attendance at Martin’s 2010 Beverly Hills wedding where he married Shamicka Gibbs, whom he divorced in 2012.

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Previously, Eddie was previously married to Jasmin’s mother, former Miss Virginia USA Patricia Southall, from 1995 to 1997. He also shares daughters Iyanna Faith, 21, and Amara Trinity, 19, with Gibbs.

Jasmin is also an up-and-coming actress, who is set to appear in dad’s 2020 action sequel Bad Boys for Life which also stars Vanessa Hudgens and Will Smith.

“Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel,” the IMDB page describes the movie.

Eric is the eldest of Eddie’s 10 children, including Bria, 32, Christian, 31, Miles, 29, Shayne, 27, Zola, 22, Bella, 20, Angel Iris, 15, Izzy Oona, 6, and 3½-year-old Max Charles. Eric’s mother is Paulette McNeely.

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