Eddie Murphy has no regrets about doing the movie many believe cost him an Oscar, telling Complex, “The s--t ain’t that bad.”

Murphy was asked in the new interview to name his best films, but struggled to choose as “I had a lot of joints that worked.” It was easier to name the ones that didn’t work, he said, citing Pluto Nash and Holy Man.

Then the conversation inevitably turned to the 2007 comedy Norbit. “I love Norbit,” Murphy said, “Norbit came out right after I got the Oscar nomination” for Best Supporting Actor in Dreamgirls.

“There were articles that were like, ‘How can he get an Oscar and he did this?’” he laughed. “It’s two different movies,” he said in his own defense. Murphy was considered the frontrunner in the Oscars race that year until Norbit was released in February.

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