Jamie Foxx is ready to turn tragedy into comedy.
The Oscar-winning actor and comedian, 56, revealed at the African American Film Critics Association awards luncheon on Sunday that he plans to share details about his mysterious 2023 health scare in his stand-up.
“Everybody wants to know what happened, and I’m going to tell you what happened, but I gotta do it in my way,” Foxx said, according to a video of the speech uploaded to YouTube. “I’m gonna do it in a funny way.”
He indicated he would share these details “on stage” after returning to his “stand-up roots,” adding, “I’ll tell you in my way.”
The “Django Unchained” star was hospitalized last year after experiencing what his family described as a “medical complication.” Foxx has never provided details about what led to his hospitalization, but he has since stepped back into the public eye.
Foxx is also set to return to television. On Monday, Fox said he will be back as host and executive producer of the game show “Beat Shazam” when it returns for its seventh season on May 28. Nick Cannon filled in for Foxx following the medical scare.
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