Eddie Murphy Recalls Fight With Paul Mooney, How Richard Pryor Made Him Apologize

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Eddie Murphy on Monday dropped byLate Night to discuss Coming 2 America, but it was the story that the comic-actor shared afterward that left host Seth Meyers hysterical.

Following their talk about the new sequel to his 1988 classic,Meyers asked Murphy if it was true that iconic comic Paul Mooney beat him up at The Comedy Store in the '80s.

Murphy's classic storytelling took over. Making clear there was no physical confrontation, Murphy explained there was an incident that started when he was given "the light" to wrap up his set one evening at The Store. "I was like first year SNL and I was killing, and I was like, 'They're giving me the light?' I was only up for 10 minutes," Murphy said.