Eddie Montgomery Opens Up About the Pain He's Been Carrying Around for a 'Long Time'

There are a few thingsEddie Montgomerydoesn’t like to talk about.The country legend that still serves as the unrelenting fire behind Montgomery Gentry doesn’t like to talk about the pain he is still going through sincelosing his bandmateTroy Gentry, whodied in a helicopter crashin 2017. He doesn’t like to dwell on the despair he feels fromlosing not one, but two children. And at the end of the day, the man with the big shoulders and the heart that has broken far too many times doesn’t like to admit that it all still hurts.

Eddie Murphy & Arsenio Hall on Why It Took Over 3 Decades to Make 'Coming to America' Sequel

AComing to Americasequel is almost here — and its iconic stars are revealing why it took so long.Whileappearing virtually onExtraMonday evening,Coming to AmericaactorsEddie MurphyandArsenio Hallspoke candidly about the 1988 hit comedy and why it took more than 30 years for the film to get a follow-up feature.“We never planned on making a sequel to the movie,” Murphy, 59, explained. “We had done the movie and it was in the past. But the movie stayed around.

Eddie Murphy Accepts Lifetime Achievement Honor at Critics' Choice Awards: 'I've Played a Donkey'

Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Eddie Murphywas honored at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday night. Murphy, 58, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony, which aired live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with Taye Diggs as host. “To make your living making people laugh is the highest blessing on Earth,” Murphy said in his speech, noting that he’s been making movies for nearly 40 years. “I’ve played everything: a cop, a robber, a doctor, different ethnicities, animals,” he said with a laugh.

Eddie Murphy Admits 'Some of' His Old Jokes Are 'Cringey,' but Refuses to Say He Regrets Them

After almost 40 years in the spotlight,Eddie Murphyhas seen how the times have changed in terms of lines comedians are willing to cross with their material. But despite knowing how much of what he used to cover in how own stand-up routines 30-plus years ago wouldn’t fly today, he does admit there’s “some of” his material he’d still laugh at now — while other jokes are “cringey.” “Some of it, I cringe when I watch it,” he said during an interview withTracy SmithforCBS Sunday Morningthis week, adding with a laugh, “Like, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe I said that.

Eddie Murphy Admits He 'Cringes' at Some of His Old Stand-Up Material as He Prepares for Return

Eddie Murphyis going to approach his return to stand-up a lot differently than in his heyday. Murphy, 58, is set to return to the stage for the first time in 30 years for a new Netflix special. He told host Al Roker on Friday’sTodaythat he’ll be working with different material now that he’s older and a father of 10. “Last time I did stand-up I was 27 years old. I look at some of my old stuff and cringe.