Eddie Murphy changed Tiffany Haddish's life. Why she says 'God sent me' to his lavish home

Onscreen, Eddie Murphy has portrayed a prince from Zamunda, Donkey, a gold-hearted professor and bold member of Detroit's police department. For Tiffany Haddish, he's played an angel in real life.

The second time Haddish visited Murphy's sprawling, Mediterranean-style mansion, the 64-year-old offered her some advice.

"He pulled me to the side, and he said, 'You know I watch all your stuff, and this is the funniest thing, and this is the funniest thing. So don't believe that mess that you got going through your head,'" Haddish recalls to USA TODAY. His ability to perceive her internal struggles startled the standup.

"I'm like, 'How do you know that's going through my head?'" says Haddish, 45. "At that time in my life, I was doubting my abilities to do what I love, and it was like God sent me over there. I wasn't supposed to be over there. And I ended up over there, and he said that to me."

Recently, in an interview with USA TODAY about his Netflix documentary "Being Eddie" (streaming Nov. 12), Murphy said he suspects he's an empath and perceptive of the energy of any room he walks into.

Recalling the moment with Murphy makes the "I Curse You with Joy" author emotional.

"It's like God sent him to confirm that I'm on the right path and that − oh, now I'm about to cry," she says emotionally. "God's reading my heart and sending me the messengers and the messages that I needed, and I feel like Eddie Murphy is one of those people that – I don't get to see him all the time – but when I do, it's like a refuel."

Thinking Murphy as a member of God's winged squad might make for a good movie, she says, "I'm going to write that… We'll call it 'The Funny Angel.'"

Haddish will next appear in "Tiffany Haddish Goes Off," a docuseries chronicling a transformative monthlong trip to Africa with three of her childhood friends.

All six episodes begin streaming on Peacock Nov. 13. Murphy isn't a part of the project, but Haddish jokes that the next installment could be filmed at Murphy's pad.

"His house is like a resort in Cabo," she says. "In my mind, the first time I went there, he had golden toilet seats. He'd say he never had golden toilet seats, but in my mind, the toilet seat was made of gold. Maybe it was yellow, I don't know. But definitely it was gold and definitely I was like, 'I got to rub my booty all over this toilet seat so I can get some of this funny.'"