Eddie Murphy’s girlfriend Paige Butcher gave birth to the couple’s first child together!
Izzy Oona Murphy was born in Los Angeles this morning (May 3). The baby girl is 19.5 inches long and weighs 7 pounds, 15 ounces.
“Both mother and daughter are doing well,” Murphy’s rep said.
Actor Murphy, 55, and Australian model Butcher, 36, have been together for more than four years now. They first met in 2006 on the set of his friend Martin Lawrence’s film “Big Momma’s House 2” in which she had a role.
The couple announced Butcher’s pregnancy last November. “He couldn’t be happier,” a source said at the time. “Eddie really is a family man and loves all of his children, so he’s so excited about having another one on the way.
“Even though he has eight children by four different women, they all come together on holidays and for sporting events and hang out at his mansion as one big blended family,” the source continued. “All of the children love each other dearly and the women, having all moved on with their own relationships, co-exist very well together.”
Yes, you read that correctly - Izzy is Murphy’s ninth child and Butcher is his fifth baby mama (however, she is Butcher’s very first offspring). Murphy’s oldest is 26-year-old son Eric whom he had with ex-girlfriend Paulette McNeely, and former love Tamara Hood is the mother of 25-year-old Christian. He then had five children with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell (whom he was married to for 13 years): Bria, 26, Myles, 23, Shayne, 21, Zola, 16, and Bella, 14. Former Spice Girl Melanie “Mel B” Brown, another ex, is the mother of 9-year-old daughter Angel. Hopefully, all of little Izzy’s big brothers and sisters will be available to babysit!
Murphy’s new film “Mr. Church” premiered last month at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. In the drama, he plays the title character who is an expert chef hired by a dying woman (Natascha McElhone) to help look after her young daughter (Britt Robertson). No word yet on when the flick will hit traditional movie theaters.
