Eddie Murphy loathes funerals. His plan to spare loved ones 'that trauma' after his death.

A conversation with Eddie Murphy about his life has turned to death.

“I've paid for a lot of funerals, but I don't go to funerals,” Murphy tells USA TODAY. In fact, the Oscar-nominated star says he’s only been to two in his 64 years: those for his biological father, Charles Edward Murphy, whom Murphy told Rolling Stone was fatally stabbed by a jealous woman when he was 8, and the comedian’s stepdad, Vernon Lynch, best man when Murphy married ex Nicole Mitchell Murphy in 1993.

“They shouldn't even have funerals,” Murphy says. “I'm like, ‘This funeral is morbid.’ The whole people (in attendance) and seeing your loved one out there, and just emotionally, the whole ritual is too much.”

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The subject of "Being Eddie" (streaming Nov. 12), Netflix’s documentary chronicling his life and career, suspects he's an empath and is affected by the energy of others in a room.