{"id":19957,"date":"2022-07-11T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=19957"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:33:16","slug":"edie-murphy-hits-the-dance-floor-to-celebrate-daughters-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2022\/07\/edie-murphy-hits-the-dance-floor-to-celebrate-daughters-wedding.html","title":{"rendered":"Edie Murphy Hits the Dance Floor to Celebrate Daughter\u2019s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edie Murphy played one of the most important roles of his life over the weekend \u2013 father of the bride at daughter Bria Murphy\u2019s wedding to Michael Xavier.<\/p>\n<p>Bria, Eddie\u2019s 32-year-old daughter, who he shares with ex-wife Nicole Murphy, wed Xavier, 36, in a private, intimate ceremony with close friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Eddie Murphy, did not only proudly walk Bria down the aisle but danced to \u201cIsn\u2019t She Lovely\u201d by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanacelebrities.com\/2021\/02\/19\/legendary-singer-stevie-wonder-plans-to-relocate-to-ghana-permanently-video\/\">Stevie Wonder<\/a> as their father and daughter song. Captivating photos of the adorable father and daughter encounter have gone viral since last weekend, as has a video of their father-daughter dance.<\/p>\n<p>The dance started slowly, but trust Eddie to give you a good show any day, and he nailed that dance in fine form.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.tmz.com\/watch\/2022-07-11-071122-bria-eddie-murphy-1451802\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Bria\u2019s L.A. art show in February 2020, when she launched her Art 4 All exhibition, Eddie described his daughter as a \u201cgood kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad that people get to see how talented she is,\u201d Eddie told reporters, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/eddie-murphy-supports-daughter-bria-art-show\/\">People<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve known for years how talented she is. It\u2019s exciting to see her stuff up on the walls\u2026 I\u2019m having all of those proud parent feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI really got lucky with my kids. There really isn\u2019t a bad one in the bunch, everyone turned out to be really good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old actor has 10 children, and Bria is his oldest daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edie Murphy played one of the most important roles of his life over the weekend \u2013 father of the bride at daughter Bria Murphy\u2019s wedding to Michael Xavier. Bria, Eddie\u2019s 32-year-old daughter, who he shares with ex-wife Nicole Murphy, wed Xavier, 36, in a private, intimate ceremony with close friends and family. 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