Eddie Murphy has given his seal of approval pf his son Eric Murphy dating his best friend Martin Lawrence‘s daughter, Jasmin.
The Boomerang costars’ offspring confirmed they are a couple in a selection of sweet images of them together which were shared on Instagram in 2021. Eddie is already discussing what their future child will be like if they decide to start a family, insisting they will no doubt be a comedian like their grandfathers.
“They’re both beautiful, they look amazing together,” he said on “CBS Mornings.” “And it’s funny, everybody’s like, ‘What is that baby gonna be funny?’”
“Our gene pool is gonna make this funny baby,” the actor-comedian said. “If they ever get married and have a child, I am expecting the child to be funny.”
Eric previously declared himself “head over heels in love” with Jasmin.
“Head over heels in LOVE with YOU @jasmin_lawrence [heart emojis] #myotherhalf #equallyyoked #iloveyou,” he wrote.
Eric is Eddie’s eldest son with former partner Paulette McNeely, while Martin has Jasmin with his ex-wife Patricia Southall.
Eddie has 10 children and previously described them as the “brightest part” of his life.
“None of my children are gray and balding …,” he said, Joking about how many of his kids are now adults but not “old.”
“The brightest part of my life is my kids. My relationship with them, and my world revolves around them — even the old, gray bald ones,” he added.
And ahead of turning 60, the Nutty Professor actor admitted his family were his main focus these days.
“I am going to be 60 in April, and I have all these babies. I love fatherhood,” he said.
“The whole idea of being out there and doing three movies a year, that s— is over,” Eddie stated. “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.”
The Beverly Hills Cop star went on to gush over his brood, whom he feels “blessed” to be a father to.
“I am so blessed with my kids. 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,” he added.
