Eddie Murphy almost killed ‘Coming to America’ — and ruined Arsenio Hall’s first threesome

Arsenio Hall’s dreams of having a threesome were thwarted by Eddie Murphy — after nan character sewage into a beingness altercation connected nan group of “Coming to America.”

In “Arsenio: A Memoir,” nan erstwhile talk-show host, now 70, writes that while shooting nan 1988 comedy, he was talented immoderate “outrageous New York weed” and invited 2 women for meal and a backstage statement astatine his Waldorf Astoria suite.

“I person agelong dreamed of having a ménage-à-trois,” he writes. “Call it precocious connected my bucket list, possibly successful nan apical three, and tonight’s nan night. I americium astir to fulfill my dream.”

Hall says his dates were “making retired connected nan sofa and I’m getting turned on,” erstwhile nan telephone rang.

He reluctantly answered it to find Paramount Pictures president Ned Tanen connected nan different end, bellowing that “Coming to America” was off.

Tanen furiously relayed that Murphy had “choked” nan movie’s director, John Landis, “on Queens Boulevard, successful beforehand of an full crowd,” starring him to “f–king quit.”

Hall had noticed “an uncomfortable vibe between” Murphy and Landis, calling nan move betwixt them “fraught.” The 2 had antecedently worked together connected 1983’s “Trading Places.”

Eager to prevention nan day, he called disconnected his statement plans and instantly took a limo to Murphy’s Englewood, NJ estate, Bubble Hill. Although Murphy typically ne'er imbibed, he decided nan clip was right.

The 2 began downing screwdrivers and Hall pulled retired his container of weed — thing other Murphy ne'er did. But Hall insisted and taught nan “48 Hours” prima really to inhale and exhale.

“We portion and fume and get precocious arsenic motherf–ka,” he writes.

The adjacent day, Hall returned to nan Waldorf and received different telephone announcing that “Landis has returned to work, he and Eddie person met, agreed to a truce, aliases made up, aliases — I ne'er do find retired precisely what happened that day connected Queens Boulevard.”

While promoting nan movie, Murphy was asked if he would activity pinch Landis again, prompting him to quip, “Vic Morrow has a amended chance of moving pinch Landis than I do” — referring to nan character who was killed successful a gruesome group accident while Landis was filming 1983’s “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”

Nevertheless, Landis and Murphy reunited for “Beverly Hills Cop III” successful 1994.