Jamie Foxx is gearing up to discuss that mysterious health scare that landed him in an Atlanta hospital and nearly took his life in 2023.
And now, just days after revealing the news that he plans to dish on his near-death experience and more in a one-man show this past week, the actor, singer, and comedian took back to Instagram, writing, ‘WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS’ inside simple black box.
The promo then shifted to the caption where it was revealed that ‘Foxx takes the stage to share his journey through a serious health scare, filled with humor, heart, and inspiration!’
It goes on to add: ‘Experience Jamie Foxx like never before in this intimate and engaging performance, as he opens up about his struggles, triumphs, and everything in between.’
The Terrell, Texas native, 56, goes on to promise fans to ‘get ready for a night of laughter, reflection, and genuine connection.’
It concludes by revealing the upcoming three consecutive dates he’s set to play in Atlanta are October 3, 4 and 5, which are Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The promotional post doesn’t get into the specific locations and ticket details just yet, but all the ticket information is expected to be released soon.
As many publications reported, Jamie Foxx was rushed to the hospital for a medical complication in April 2023.
In the 16 months since then, the Academy Award-winning actor has shared only little bits of information about what happened, but hasn’t come out to divulge all the important details.
One of those times, while at the Critics Choice Association Awards this past December, he confessed to have nearly lost his life during the medical emergency.
Then about a month later, at the 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in February, he teased that he would finally discuss his health journey in an upcoming stand-up comedy special.
‘Everybody wants to know what happened and I’m gonna tell you what happened but I got to do it in my way,” he said at the time, while accepting the AAFCA’s Producers Award for his company Foxxhole Productions.
More recently, this past June in a video chat with People, the Ray star said his emergency all started with a ‘bad headache’ in April 2023.
Just about two weeks ago Foxx slipped into promo mode for his shows in an August 16 post on social media.
‘They got peaches down in Georgia and they have angels too. I’m gonna come talk about some of those angels,’ he wrote inside another black box, along with the three show dates. ‘October third, fourth, and fifth #igotastorytotell.’
In the caption, he elaborated: ‘I have some people to thank in a big way. If you’re in Atlanta around that time and you’ve been rocking with me this whole time let me thank you personally,’ which sounds like he’ll be talking about medical workers who actually helped in saving his life.
‘I asked my boy for an Advil,’ Jamie Foxx said, just before snapping his fingers to indicate how quick it took for him to unconscious. ‘I was gone for 20 days. I don’t remember anything. So they told me — I’m in Atlanta — so they told me my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor. … They gave me a cortisone shot.’
Eventually, doctors told the father of two that ‘something’s going on up there,’ while Foxx pointed to his head, before adding: ‘I won’t say it on camera.’
Jamie Foxx was shooting the Netflix action comedy film Back In Action with Cameron Diaz at the time of the scary incident.
Since the film was in its last days of the shoot at the time, director Seth Gordon made the decision to use body doubles for the remaining scenes.
Back In Action, which also stars Glenn Close, Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, and Jamie Demetriou, is scheduled to drop on the Netflix streaming platform on January 17, 2025.