Jamie Foxx is setting the record straight.
In his new Netflix comedy special “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…,” the 56-year-old addressed the online conspiracies that his near-death medical emergency was linked to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Talking about the April 2023 health scare, Foxx revealed that he had a “brain bleed that led to a stroke,” and he didn’t “remember” 20 days of his life.
Foxx noted that some people alleged that Combs, 55, “was trying to kill me.”
The online chatter expanded after Joe Rogan amplified the claims on a November episode of his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“The internet said Puffy was trying to kill me, that’s what the internet was saying. I know what you thinking, ‘Diddy?’ ” Foxx joked, adding, “Hell no, I left them parties early. I was out by 9, something don’t look right. It’s slippery in here.”
“Your life doesn’t flash before your face. It was kind of oddly peaceful. I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light. I was in that tunnel, though. It was hot in that tunnel,” the Oscar winner went on about his health scare. “S—, am I going to the wrong place in this mother——?”
“Because I looked at the end of the tunnel, and I thought I saw the devil like, ‘Come on.’ Or is that Puffy [Sean Combs]? I’m f——ng around.”
Combs is currently in federal custody in New York City following his September indictment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Prosecutors also said authorities found “freak off supplies,” including drugs and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant when they raided Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami back in March.
Later in his set, Foxx joked: “If it was Puffy, he had a flaming bottle of Johnson &…I’m just kidding.”
Combs pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for May 2025.
However, the musician was once again denied bail in his sex trafficking case last month — his third failed attempt to be freed from lockup ahead of Thanksgiving.
Manhattan federal court Judge Arun Subramanian said in a ruling, “The Court finds that the government has shown by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community.”
Combs had asked to be released on $50 million bond, including home confinement with 24/7 security.
Foxx and Combs have been photographed together at several events over the years. “The Burial” actor was even one of the speakers who honored the artist at his Hollywood Walk of Fame induction in May 2008.
Other conspiracies that floated around during Foxx’s hospitalization were that he was cloned or replaced with a A.I. after he spoke out for the first time three months after his medical emergency.
Ice-T slammed the “weirdos” behind that conspiracy, writing on X in July 2023, “People would rather believe that Jamie is now a Clone or Ai, than the man was just seriously sick and damn near died… Cause he doesn’t look EXACTLY the same??? YOU look different after a bad cold!”
After Foxx filmed his Netflix special in Atlanta in October, he took to Instagram to thank his supporters.
“God is good…. As I post these pictures, my heart and my soul is filled with nothing but pure joy…on October 3 fourth and fifth I had an opportunity to tell my side of the story and there was no better place than Atlanta Georgia,” he captioned his post. “I have to thank you Atlanta you showed up and you showed out, I haven’t been on stage in 18 years but I needed the stage and I needed an audience that was made up of nothing but pure love and that’s what you were.”
“When people ask me is this a stand up comedy show I say no it’s an artistic explanation. Of some thing that went terribly wrong, but thanks to the great people in Atlanta especially piedmont hospital you enabled me to come back and be on stage and do what I love to do the most… #nobaddays as my guy James would say #secondchance.”
“Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…” is now streaming on Netflix.
