Jamie Foxx says he’s planning to reveal what caused his mystery illness — in an upcoming standup special.
Foxx took the stage at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown L.A. on Sunday, March 3, at the 7th annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards luncheon, presented by the African American Film Critics Association.
Nia Long, Jurnee Smollett, and Courtney B. Vance presented Foxx and his producing partner Datari Turner with the Producers Award, for bringing the 2023 films They Cloned Tyrone, Story Ave, and The Burial to the screen.
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Urban Hollywood 411 was at the event, as Foxx commanded the stage during his acceptance speech — telling jokes, doing impressions, and reiterating his recent announcement that he plans to return to his stand-up comedy roots.
The Ray star said he’s happy to just be alive after the health crisis left him in “dire straits.”
So what caused the medical emergency? Foxx made it sound like he’s going to dish details in an upcoming stand-up special.
“Everybody wants to know what happened and I’m going to tell you what happened, but I gotta do it in my way. I’m going to do it in a funny way, I’m going to be on stage when I tell you, when I go back to the stand-up roots,” he shared.
“It will be called ‘What Had Happened Was,'” he added, leading the audience to laugh.
The actor made global headlines in April 2023, when he was transported Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta while filming the Netflix movie Back in Action.
The Oscar-winning star’s oldest daughter, Corinne Foxx, posted a statement on Instagram at the time saying he suffered a “medical complication.”
Foxx and his family have remained tight-lipped about why he was hospitalized, and later transferred to a physical rehabilitation facility specializing in stroke recovery in Chicago.
As for the award he won, Foxx said it was a big honor.
“This means a lot, especially coming from us. I didn’t realize it when I was growing up, being in Texas, that being African-American or Black, it was a tough go in Hollywood… then I walked on that set of In Living Color… and it was all Black,” he said.
He continued by praising Keenen Ivory Wayans, who created the sketch comedy show, for creating opportunities for people of color.
“It confused me because I’m looking for white people running s–t, and I walk in there, and there’s Keenen and the Wayans and it’s all Black and Black writers and even the craft service [catering staff was Black]. I smelled smothered chicken and I was like, ‘It’s gotta be a Black situation,” Foxx said to laughter.
You can watch the video of Jamie Foxx on stage at the AAFCA event here.
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