Even before Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy‘s children got engaged, the two dads discussed the possibility of a wedding—and who will foot the bill.
Soon after Eric Murphy, 35, proposed to Jasmin Lawrence, 29, the father of the bride revisited what Eddie—his costar in the ’90s films Boomerang and Life—told him about the couple’s nuptials.
“Eddie said I gotta pay for it,” Martin said on the Dec. 4 episode of the Big Boy’s Neighborhood podcast. “He said I gotta pay for it ’cause he paid for his last daughter’s wedding, like, the last six weddings. He said it’s my turn now. I don’t mind.”
The 59-year-old called the couple’s engagement a “blessing.”
Martin had made similar comments in September, before the engagement.
“Eddie said I had to pay for it,” Martin told E! News’ Will Marfuggi about a potential wedding, noting the Beverly Hills Cop star paid for his daughter Bria Murphy and Michael Xavier‘s nuptials. “So he said I gotta take this one on.”
He added, “Whoever would’ve thought that my child and Eddie’s child would get together? It’s just what it is.”
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