Eddie Murphy on Hosting the Academy awards: 'I'm Likely to be Horrendous'

Things we learned from the new ET interview with Eddie Murphy: 1.) 'Tower Heist' was partly his idea. 2.) Hosting the Academy awards was his idea. 3.) He forecasts he's the worst Academy awards host ever. A minimum of he's a spontaneity concerning the gig, including the truth that he left after his 2007 loss like a nominee. "I promise I'll stay there through the night," Murphy stated throughout a press conference for 'Tower Heist.' Younger crowd joked he'll finish the evening by peeing throughout themself. Classy! The Academy most likely just were built with a collective cardiac arrest. Murphy introduced in the press conference for that Brett Ratner-directed movie that he isn't nervous. "Academy awards is really a fun factor to complete,Inch he stated. "I do not have the pressure. I recieve introducing people and operate straight. Maybe I'm going to be inside a couple silly sketches or something like that." He's awaiting nominees to become introduced to operate on any Oscar jokes, he states. The 84th annual Oscars will occur February. 26 and 'Tower Heist' opens November. 4. Murphy's segment starts about midway into this clip: [via THR, ET] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook