Jamie Foxx is ready to come clean about his mysterious hospitalization in April 2023.
On Thursday, Netflix released a trailer for the actor’s comedy event “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…” in which Foxx finally opens up about his health scare.
The clip starts with various headlines flashing across the screen from when news broke that he had been rushed to the hospital due to a “medical emergency.”
However, the headlines turned darker, 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,” alluding that a clone has replaced Foxx, as well as, “Jamie Foxx literally died.”
The video then cuts to an audience cheering for Foxx, 56, as he walks out on stage for his comedy special.
“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 cut off.
The Netflix special — directed by Hamish Hamilton — is described as an “intimate and engaging performance” where Fox “share[s] his journey through a serious health scare, filled with humor, heart, and inspiration!”
In April 2023, Foxx’s eldest daughter, Corinne, 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 from her family shared to her social media at the time. “Luckily, due to quick action and great care, he is already on his way to recovery.”
The family’s message continued, “We know how beloved he is and appreciate your prayers. The family asks for privacy during this time.”
Sources with “direct knowledge” further told TMZ that the rapper was taken to the 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.
The medical emergency happened while Foxx 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, where he wrote, “Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed.”
However, it wasn’t until December 2023 that Foxx 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.”
He also took the chance to shut down claims that he was a clone, as many people believed he hadn’t 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.
He also 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.
Foxx had previously talked about what led to his hospitalization, telling a group of fans that he had a “bad headache,” so he asked his “boy for Advil.”
He then snapped his fingers and said, “I was gone for 20 days,” admitting that he does not “remember anything.”
Page Six revealed in October that three eyewitnesses who attended tapings of his show said he discussed allegations that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs caused his hospitalization. However, audience members had different recollections of what the comedian said.
Choke No Joke — who is a videographer, producer and director — claimed Foxx stated during the tapings that “Diddy was responsible for what happened to him, and [Foxx] is the one who called the FBI on [Combs].”
However, it’s unknown if the alleged comments will be included in the final cut of the special.
Choke also said that he didn’t Foxx “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,” Choke continued, noting that he didn’t want to “give away [Foxx’s] jokes.”
Page Six could not independently confirm whether the alleged comments were made or received by others in jest.
“After [Foxx] said, ‘Diddy did something to me,’ he said, ‘And I’m the one who called the feds on him,’” Choke reiterated, hypothesizing that Foxx might have done so because he was “scared.”
However, an attendee told Page Six that he went to the second and third tapings of the show, claiming that he heard Foxx say something more along the lines of, “People keep asking me if Diddy was responsible. He was not responsible. If he was, I would’ve been dead.”
“Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…” is ready to stream on Netflix on Dec. 10.