Nicole Murphysays she regrets kissing married directorAntoine Fuquaafter they were caught in widely seen photos.
Murphy, 51, made an appearance atTheWendy Williams Showon Tuesday where she spoke about photos the showed her kissing Fuqua, 53, in July while at the poolside in Italy.
“It was a frozen in time thing. Trust me, I wish it didn’t happen,” Murphy told hostWendy Williams. “It was a moment where I should’ve thought more through the situation. Made better judgments. It’s something I apologized for.”
“There was a statement that was released, I didn’t put out that statement,” Murphy said. “I was out there for business, there was familiar faces out there, it happened. I was at the pool, we were on a different timezone, I had a hard time staying awake, I was drinking an espresso.”
She continued, “It was a moment that should not have happened. I’m a human being, it was a mistake. Women, this could happen to you, do your research.”
Nicole Murphy, Antoine Fuqua.Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Murphy added she did not know and was not friends with Fuqua’s wife, actress Lela Rochon.
The two were in town for the Ischia Global Festival where Fuqua, who directedTraining Day, received the director of the year award.
She continued, “It was not my intention to be in this situation. I do not condone women kissing or interacting in anyway [sic] inappropriately with a married man.”
“I too was once married and I would never intentionally undermine another woman, despite what has been written,” she added.
After the news broke, Rochon deleted both of her Twitter and Instagram accounts. Rochon has since reactivated her Instagram account.
Murphy was previously married to Eddie Murphy from 1993 to 2006 and the former couple has five children together: son Miles, 26, and daughters Bria, 19; Shayne, 24; Zola, 19; and Bella, 17.
She datedGood Morning America‘s Michael Strahan from 2009 to 2014.
source: people.com
