Bad Boys for Life: Fox 5 News mistakes Will Smith for Eddie Murphy in news report on sequel
Fox’s news channel has been criticised for mistaking Will Smith for Eddie Murphy during a broadcast.
Fox 5 was running a segment on new film Bad Boys for Life, which reunites Smith with Martin Lawrence for the first time since 2003.
A scene from the film was shown on screen depicting Smith and Lawrence in character as Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett.
The caption beneath the clip read: ”Bad Boys for Life starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence now in theatres.”
“FOX HAD 1 JOB,” one viewer posted in a tweet hat has since gone viral.
Now, which one is supposed to be Eddie Murphy, Fox 5? I’ll wait... https://t.co/xIGlo9fW3n
— Dana 🇭🇹 (@danadane46)
Uhh what @fox5dc or whichever Fox 5 🤔👀🤦🏽♂️ lol 👉🏽 Will Smith is Eddie Murphy now lmao 🤣🤣🤣#fox5 #badboys4life #BadBoys pic.twitter.com/8jdUGhGlnz
— Jaquan Outlaw (@joutlaw757)
Fox 5 really mistaked Martin Lawrence for Eddie Murphy
— Holistic Hottie✨ (@myuhhhhhhh)
Another wrote: “Which Fox 5 news f***ed this up? Y’all know damn well neither one is Eddie Murphy.”
“White people really do think all black people look alike,” one person responded.
Fox 5 has been contacted for comment.
Bad Boys for Life is in cinemas now. The film has been such a hit that a fourth film is in the works.
