" That ’s the only way I could get through it . "
Jamie Foxxis putting the rumors to rest.
Last year, the actor and comedianbroke his silenceon the medical emergency that led to his hospitalization in 2023, confirming that he’d suffered a stroke.
Jamie’s hospitalization resulted intonsof baseless rumors and conspiracy theories — so much so that his daughter Corinne had toissue a statementrebutting the speculation while he was recovering.
One such rumor was thatDiddy— who is currentlystanding trial on sex traffickingcharges — had allegedly conspired tokillJamie, resulting in his health issues. His repscalledthe rumors “outlandish, ridiculous and baseless” last year.
During last year’s standup comedy specialWhat Had Happened Was…, Jamie briefly addressed the rumors — as well as any chatter that he’d been in Diddy’s inner circle regarding the mountain of allegations that the disgraced music mogul has since faced. “The internet said Puffy was trying to kill me, that’s what the internet was saying,” he said. “I know what you thinking, ‘Diddy?’ Hell no, I left them parties early.”
In a recent interview withthe Hollywood Reporter, Jamie more directly — and more seriously — shut down the conspiracy theory while getting more in-depth about his recovery in the hospital.
“I’m in fucking perfect shape," he said about his current condition. “[I saw things like,] ‘Puffy tried to kill me.’ No, Puffy didn’t try to kill me. When they said I was a clone, that made me flip. I’m sitting in the hospital bed, like, ‘These bitch-ass motherfuckers are trying to clone me.'”
Jamie also revealed that, while in the hospital, he leaned on humor — and his comedic craft — to keep himself busy and mentally strong.
“I was doing so many jokes in the hospital,” he said. “That’s the only way I could get through it. I’m a comic, so even when I was heavily sedated, and they gave me OxyContin, Dilantin, and morphine at the same time.”
You can read the entire interviewhere.
