Eddie Murphy courtside fear interview

    by Tufail: Eddie Murphy

    Eddie Murphy opened up about why sitting courtside at NBA games terrifies him. He explained, "I'm scared of one of these giant motherfuckers coming and going for a ball and running me over. You'll be on TV and the news and Shaq's stepping on your face." Murphy added that "You don't realize how big these guys are until you sit on" the sidelines, sharing his fear of being trampled by massive players like Shaquille O'Neal. The full interview is available at #EddieMurphy

    Transcript (en)

    I have a greatest fear of the basketball. What's that? Getting hit with the ball? Not the ball. That happened once. But I have one of these giant motherfuckers coming and going for a ball and run you over and shit. You be on TV and be on the news and Shaq stepping on your face. Whenever I go there, because you realize how big these guys are to you, sit on the floor and they run by. It's like a fucking herd. They take like seven feet, dude. They be diving and shit. My biggest fear is to be sitting there and one of them guys go dive for some bone. Knock you out? Knock me out and turn into some meme and shit.