Jamie Foxx is ready to come clean about his mysterious 2023 hospitalization.
Netflix released the trailer for the actor’s comedy event “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…” on Thursday, in which he finally opens up about his health scare.
The clip starts with various headlines flashing across the screen from when the news broke that he had been rushed to the hospital due to a “medical emergency.”
They quickly took a dark turn, however, claiming that Foxx had been left “paralyzed and blind” and was already “dead.”
Multiple voices could also be heard saying, “We should be praying for the brother,” “Somebody in the clone department getting lazy” and “Jamie Foxx literally died.”
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13 The video then cuts to an audience cheering for Foxx, 56, as he walks out onstage for his comedy special, directed by Hamish Hamilton.
“I’m back!” the comedian says into a microphone, banging on his chest.
“And I’m so glad to see you all here. I’m so glad to be here. What had happened was …” he continues before the trailer cuts off.
Foxx previously described his one-man show in Atlanta as an “intimate and engaging performance” in which he shares “his journey through a serious health scare, filled with humor, heart, and inspiration!”
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13 In April 2023, Foxx’s eldest daughter, Corinne Foxx, revealed her dad had suffered a “medical complication” but was already in “recovery.”
“We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced a medical complication yesterday,” she said in a statement shared to social media at the time. “Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
The message continued, “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
Sources subsequently told TMZ that the rapper had been taken to a hospital and his condition was “serious enough” that members of his family traveled into town.
“He’s communicating now, and that’s good news,” one of the outlet’s sources noted.
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13 The medical emergency happened while Jamie was filming “Back in Action” with Cameron Diaz.
He was in the hospital for weeks before being admitted to a rehab center in Chicago.
In May, he broke his silence with an Instagram post, writing, “Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed.”
However, it wasn’t until December 2023 that Jamie made his first public appearance at the Critics Choice Association Awards Celebration of Cinema & Television Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements.
The Oscar winner fought back tears as he accepted the vanguard award before saying, “You know, it’s crazy, I couldn’t do that six months ago — I couldn’t actually walk.”
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13 He also took the chance to shut down claims that he was a clone, as many people believed he had not made it out of the hospital alive.
“I’m not a clone, I’m not a clone. I know a lot of people who were saying I was cloned out there,” he said. “I want to thank everybody. I’ve been through something, I’ve been through some things.”
Jamie returned to the set of “Back in Action” in January and walked his daughter Corrine down the aisle as she married Joe Hooten in September.
Over the summer, he was filmed telling a group of fans that he had a “bad headache” prior to being hospitalized, so he asked his “boy for Advil.”
He then snapped his fingers and said, “I was gone for 20 days,” admitting he does not “remember anything” else.
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13 Page Six exclusively reported in October that three eyewitnesses who attended tapings of Jamie’s one-man show said he had discussed allegations that Sean “Diddy” Combs caused his hospitalization. However, the audience members had different recollections of what the comedian said.
Videographer, producer and director Choke No Joke claimed the star had stated during the taping that “Diddy was responsible for what happened to him, and [Jamie] is the one who called the FBI on [Combs].”
It is unknown whether the alleged comments will be included in the final cut of the special.
Choke also said he did not think Jamie “was joking.”
“Y’all can determine was he joking or not when you see the show, ’cause to me — I’m a new comedian, right? … I know when somebody’s setting up a punchline, and I know when you’re serious,” he continued, noting that he didn’t want to “give away [Jamie’s] jokes” before Netflix’s release.
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