LOS ANGELES – Eddie Murphy is now a father of nine.
Murphy’s publicist says the 55-year-old actor and his 36-year-old girlfriend Paige Butcher have welcomed their first child together, Izzy Oona Murphy. The baby girl was born Tuesday morning.
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Publicist Arnold Robinson says both mother and daughter are doing well.
Murphy has eight other children, including five with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, who was married to Murphy from 1993 to 2006.
This is the first child for Butcher.