Eric Murphy and Jasmin Lawrence Welcome Daughter

Eddie Murphy confirmed on Saturday that his son Eric Murphy and Martin Lawrence's daughter Jasmin Lawrence have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Ari Skye. The 65-year-old actor shared the news during an interview with E! News at the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award ceremony in Los Angeles on April 18, noting the birth occurred about two weeks earlier.

Murphy, who was being honored that evening for his decades-long career in comedy and film, described the new addition to the family without offering parenting guidance to the couple. "Oh, you don't give advice like that," he said. "You know, your kids don't go by your advice. Your kids go by the example you set. They watch you. The stuff you be saying, they don't even pay that s no mind. They watch and see what you do. So, I don't give a lot of advice."

Eric, 36, and Jasmin, 30, announced their pregnancy in February via a joint Instagram post, sharing black-and-white maternity photos. "Thank you Jesus for the greatest gift," they captioned the images, with Eric resting his head on Jasmin's baby bump in one shot. Lawrence, 61, expressed his joy on social media at the time, writing, "What a...