Why Eddie Murphy Refused To Do Bill Cosby!?!

During Sunday night’s 3 1/2 hour broadcast Saturday Night Lives 40th anniversary, we have the reason Why Eddie Murphy Refused To Do Bill Cosby.

After weeks of hype fans were shocked at Eddie’s super short and awkward appearance. Now, according to a SNL cast member, Eddie decided NOT to do the slated Bill Cosby impression during “Saturday Night Live’s” 40th-anniversary show.

Here is what we are hearing via Page Six:

Eddie Murphy was slated to do a Bill Cosby impression during “Saturday Night Live’s” 40th-anniversary show, but turned down the gig at the last minute so as not to “kick” the embattled comedian “when he was down,” another former “SNL” member revealed Wednesday.

Murphy was expected to play Cosby during a “Celebrity Jeopardy!” skit with the category “Potent Potables” alluding to allegations Cosby spiked women’s drinks and raped them, Norm Macdonald tweeted. But Sunday, the day of the show, Murphy backed out.