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Jamie Foxx addresses ‘serious health crisis’ in one-man show: What we know
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Jamie Foxx addresses ‘serious health crisis’ in one-man show: What we know

Jamie Foxx gets personal.

On Monday, September 2, the Oscar winner revealed more details about his upcoming “unforgettable one-man show” in which he will “take the stage to share his journey through a serious health crisis filled with humor, heart and inspiration,” he wrote on Instagram.

Titled One More Chance: An Evening with Jamie FoxxThe show will take place over three nights, October 3-5, in Atlanta. “Ticket information coming soon.”

Foxx’s Instagram post consisted of a black box with the words “WHAT HAPPENED, WAS” before going into more detail about the show in his caption.

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“See Jamie Foxx like never before in this intimate and stirring performance as he discusses his struggles, triumphs and everything in between,” the caption of Foxx, 56, continued.

The conclusion was: “Get ready for a night of laughter, reflection and true connection.”

Among those who expressed their enthusiasm for the Back in action The star’s newly announced project was Chance the Rapper, who wrote: “I’m in.”

Questlove added, “Damn, I might have to roll to this guy.”

Jamie Foxx on December 4, 2023 in Los Angeles.

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Foxx’s announcement comes six months after he attended the 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards, where he hinted that he would finally speak out about his journey to health in an upcoming stand-up comedy special.

“Everyone wants to know what happened, and I’m going to tell you what happened, but I have to do it my way,” he said at the time as he accepted the AAFCA producer award for his company Foxxhole Productions.

Foxx was in the middle of production of the Netflix film Back in action in April 2023 when he suffered a “medical complication” and disappeared from the public eye for several months. He and co-star Cameron Diaz were seen filming again in January, and Netflix announced late last month that the film will begin streaming on January 17.

Days before his performance at the AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in March, Foxx announced that he plans to return to live comedy, posting a video of his 2002 HBO stand-up show. I may need security on Instagram.

“I’ll be going on stage somewhere near you. I have some jokes and a story to tell…” They cloned Tyrone the actor wrote in a caption to the video.

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Jamie Foxx in Los Angeles on December 17, 2023.

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In July, Foxx revealed more details about the mysterious illness that had landed him in the hospital, telling a group of people gathered around him at a Phoenix sidewalk cafe that he had a “bad headache” and “asked my boy for an Advil.”

As seen in a video shared by The Art of the Dialogue on X (formerly known as Twitter), the actor snapped his fingers and said, “I was gone for 20 days,” before adding, “I don’t remember anything.”

“So they told me – I’m in Atlanta – that my sister and my daughter took me to the first doctor,” Foxx said of his sister Deidra Dixon and daughter Corinne Foxx.

“They gave me a cortisone shot,” he told the woman next to him. (A cortisone shot, the Mayo Clinic explains, is used to “relieve pain, swelling and irritation.”)

Pointing to his head, Foxx continued, “The next doctor said there was something going on up there. I’m not going to say it on camera. But it was…” before shrugging and falling silent as the video ended.

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