Jamie Foxx will debut his new comedy special on Netflix on December 10 (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)
Jamie Foxx will premiere his long-awaited comedy special What Had Happened Was… in Netflix next December 10, where he will finally share the details about the medical emergency which kept him hospitalized in 2023.
The award-winning actor and comedian Oscarwho he hadn’t done a comedy special since 2003recorded the show over three nights in October at the Alliance Theatre from Atlanta, the same city where he suffered the medical emergency while filming the movie Back in Action next to Cameron Diaz.
This film production, which will also be released on the same service streaming on January 17, 2025, had to stop filming temporarily due to the actor’s hospitalization.
Foxx’s medical emergency in 2023 halted filming of “Back in Action” (Netflix)
The special, directed by Hamish Hamilton and produced by Foxxhole Productions and Done + Dusted, will show Foxx addressing the experience that left him fighting for his life.
“If I can stay funny, I can stay alive… I’m back“, expressed the artist in a brief promotional preview.
According to reports from Bloomberg, Netflix obtained the rights to the special after intense competition with other platforms.
Although the official cause of the medical emergency has not been revealed, Jamie Foxx has shared some details in recent months.
Recorded in Atlanta, the special reveals never-before-shared details about what happened to the actor (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
According to his recent statements, It all started with a “bad headache” in April 2023, after which it was “absent for 20 days” and woke up without remembering what happened.
He was discharged from his doctors in May and has since addressed what happened on social media, although without providing too specific details.
In July, through a post on Instagram, The actor thanked his sister and daughter for saving his life during his recovery.
Jamie Foxx thanked his family for their support during recovery, especially his daughter (Instagram)
During the recovery period, the performer had to be temporarily replaced as host of the game show Beat Shazam.
Earlier this year, during a National Achievement Awards luncheon 7th Annual African American Film Critics Associationannounced that he would finally tell the world what happened, but that he would do it “in a fun way.”
In one of his most recent posts on Instagram, he shared his experience after giving the live show: “God is good…By posting these photos, my heart and soul are filled with nothing but pure joy…on October 3, 4 and 5 I had the opportunity to tell my side of the story and there was no better place than Atlanta Georgia.”
The production was directed by Hamish Hamilton and produced by Foxxhole Productions (Instagram/@iamjamiefoxx)
During the recordings of the special, several eyewitnesses reported that Jamie Foxx addressed rumors linking Sean Diddy Combs to his hospitalization, although there are contradictory versions about his exact statements.
Dennis L.A. Whitewho attended two of the presentations, indicated that Foxx denied these speculations, citing that the actor had said: “People keep asking me if Diddy was responsible. was not responsible. If it had been, I’d be dead.”.
White added that while much of the show included comments and jokes about Combs, at no point was the FBI or other law enforcement agencies mentioned.
Rumors about Sean “Diddy” Combs were addressed by Jamie Foxx during filming (Angela Weiss/AFP/REUTERS/Danny Moloshok)
However, other assistants such as the producer Choke No Joke and the security guard Big Homie CC offered a different version, suggesting that the comedian would have implicated Diddy in the incident and mentioned a complaint to FBI.
Rumors about the possible involvement of Sean Combs became more relevant after his arrest in September 2024 for charges of human trafficking and sexual exploitationabout which he has declared himself innocent.
The rapper and music producer is currently being held without bail in Brooklyn, awaiting a trial scheduled for May 2025.
