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Eddie Murphy says Robin Williams tried to talk him out of critical Oscars speech: 'Why go there?'


Eddie Murphy used his platform as a presenter at the 1988 Oscars to make an important point about the Academy overlooking Black performers, but he tells EW that Robin Williams gave him second thoughts about one aspect of it.

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