Eddie Murphy has reportedly married his Perth-born lover Paige Butcher in a secret Caribbean wedding.
The 63-year-old Beverly Hills Cop star and the 44-year-old bride tied the knot in Anguilla on Tuesday, according to People magazine.
The media outlet published the pair’s wedding photos from a “small private ceremony in front of family and close friends”.
Butcher was seen wearing a corseted gown adorned with lace designed by Mira Zwillinger, while Murphy was kitted out in a white Brioni suit.
The couple got engaged in September 2018 and share eight-year-old daughter Izzy Oona and five-year-old son Max Charles.
It is Murphy’s second marriage and the first for Butcher, and comes less than a month after the pair were seen together during the Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F premiere in Los Angeles.
The pair were also joined by the Shrek star’s other children – Bria, 34, Shayne Audra, 29, and 22-year-old Bella Zahra – whom he has with his 56-year-old former wife Nicole Mitchell.
Murphy is a father of 10 who also has kids Eric, 34, Christian, 33, Myles Mitchell, 31, Zola Ivy, 24, and 17-year-old Angel Iris.
He started dating Butcher in 2012, and the pair had their first child Izzy in 2016, with Max following two years later – eight weeks after they got engaged.
He and Butcher met on the set of Big Momma’s House 2 in 2006.
While working as a model during her teenage years, Butcher attended Santa Maria College in Attadale.
After graduating, she won the 1994 Cover Girl Cosmetics Supermodel Search and earned an IMG modelling contract, The West Australian reported.
The opportunity secured her a trip to New York City, where she worked for several magazines and brands over the next decade, including landing a Maxim cover in 2004.
The actress is also known for Something’s Gotta Give (2003) and Maxim the Real Swimsuit DVD Vol. 2 (2005).
The wedding snaps come after Murphy called the model his “wife” twice in June when he was a guest on The New York Times podcast The Interview – sparking speculation they had secretly married.
Butcher spoke about how “sweet and romantic” Murphy is in rare remarks about him on the red carpet at the 2020 Golden Globes.
When asked what he whispered to her on the red carpet, Murphy told Extra: “I told her how wonderful she looks.”
Butcher added: “He actually says that kind of stuff all the time. He’s very, very sweet and romantic.”