Eddie Murphy Bag His First Emmy Award
People.com reports that on Saturday, the 59-year-old comedian was crowned the winner for his role as Saturday Night Live host.
This was the fifth Emmys nomination and first win for Murphy, who was nominated alongside Fred Willard (Modern Family), Adam Driver (Saturday Night Live), Dev Patel (Modern Love), Brad Pitt (Saturday Night Live) and Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel).
While receiving the award, the actor said, “Thank you to everybody at the Emmys. Thank you so much for giving me an Emmy. I don’t have an Emmy. This is 40 years since I started Saturday Night Live, this is my first Emmy, so thank you so much. I want to thank Lorne Michaels for putting this whole thing together and making this happen.
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