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The minute we heard that Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds' Bora Bora wedding was a "spiritual ceremony" and not really legal, we figured something would go wrong before they had a civil ceremony. And it did - they've called off the marriage. The National Enquirer gleefully claims that Eddie and Tracey's families did NOT get along. Especially their mothers. Eddie's mother was convinced Tracey was a gold-digger for some reason and Tracey's mom felt Eddie wasn't good enough for her daughter. The families reportedly got rather antagonistic on the island. We still think Tracey had second thoughts when Eddie explained that his "best man" Johnny Gill would be living with them.
Now that Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds are "unofficially" married (the legal ceremony in the US is yet to come) we wonder if Tracey knows what she's getting into. When Eddie was married to his wife Nicole, he was LORD AND MASTER around the house. According to an employee who worked in his house, persnickety Eddie has strict rules. He expected his beautiful wife Nicole to appear at the breakfast table every day with her makeup and hair DONE, and looking very together. But she was for his eyes only. He instructed every guy who worked at the house - gardeners, repairmen, pool men etc, NOT to look directly at her! Anyone caught staring at Nicole was instantly fired. We're guessing he'll have to lighten up on the rules with Tracey. But how does he explain Johnny Gill living in a wing of the house?
Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds quietly split up almost three weeks ago. It happened before DNA proved that Melanie Brown's baby was Eddie's. Their biggest problem, besides the fact that Eddie is very controlling, was that they have separate social lives. Eddie likes to socialize with HIS friends and Tracey wanted to socialize with HERS. In order to keep both sets of friends happy, they started going out separately sometimes. But when Eddie goes out, everybody notices and Tracey would hear or read things that made her wonder. And Eddie didn't trust Tracey out by herself. Suspicions arose and arguments ensued. Tracey's feared Eddie wanted to run her life. (He can't be the EASIEST guy to date!) She 'd been staying at his house, so Tracey packed up her things and moved. For now, it's over.
Eddie Murphy, shown here with his girlfriend Tracy Edmonds and Jesse Jackson, had an awkward moment last night at the Black Enterprise Top 50 Hollywood Power Brokers event at the Beverly Regent Hotel. It's the first time Eddie and Tracy have been in the same room with her exhusband Babyface, who USED to be a close friend of Eddie's! They're not friendly since Eddie and Tracy hooked up. Other attendees watched with interest as the former buddies reportedly stayed in different corners of the large ballroom at the event, but were very conscious of each other all night.
Eddie Murphy is trying desperately to repair his besmirched image after the fiasco with Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown. He is acutely aware that his reputation has suffered since he dumped his pregnant girlfriend Mel B. and demanded a DNA test for the unborn child. He feels Mel made a fool of him. So he's started dating Tracey Edmonds, and flaunting her at every opportunity because she is an educated and respected power player in Hollywood. Tracey attended Stanford University and she remains CEO of the Edmonds Entertainment Group in spite of her divorce from Babyface. Tracey is beautiful AND smart AND one of the richest black women in Hollywood. She makes him look good, so Eddie is taking her everywhere - even the after hours club Xenii where they openly held hands and cuddled - very out of character for Eddie.
