They used to be friends, but now Jamie Foxx is allegedly coming forward with the truth about his mysterious hospitalization. The actor-comedian claimed that Diddy might have been responsible for poisoning him.
On September 16, 2024, Diddy was arrested in Manhattan, New York. Federal authorities are charging him with racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to an unsealed indictment against him by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. He was denied bail in a New York courtroom after pleading “not guilty.”
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In April 2023, Jamie Foxx was hospitalized while he was filming the Netflix film Back in Action in Atlanta. In a video posted to TikTok Foxx said that he had “bad headache” and recalls asking his friend for an Advil and then “I was gone for 20 days.” Since his hospitalization, the Ray actor has expressed a deeper appreciation for life, and has apparently shared jokes on who might have poisoned him.
Did Diddy poison Jamie Foxx?
Three people who went to different nights of Jamie Foxx’s new standup special claimed to Page Six that Foxx had a bit about how Diddy poisoned him and how he subsequently went to the hospital. Videographer and director Choke No Joke attended two shows where he claimed that Foxx stated during the tapings that “Diddy was responsible for what happened to him, and [Foxx] is the one who called the FBI on [Combs].”
Choke, who is also a comedian, deemed the bit to be more serious than a joke. “Y’all can determine was he joking or not when you see the show, ’cause to me — I’m a new comedian, right? … I know when somebody’s setting up a punchline, and I know when you’re serious.”
“After [Foxx] said, ‘Diddy did something to me,’ he said, ‘And I’m the one who called the feds on him,’” he continued. “He disappeared, right? He out now, soon as Puff went to jail, right? We see him at the game with [Dallas Cowboys owner] Jerry Jones, right? … We haven’t seen him. As soon as Puff went to jail, [Foxx] was at the goddamn Dallas football game, right? And now he just went and shot his special. And who’s the special strongly based around? Diddy.”
Celebrity bodyguard Big Homie claimed that he heard the same bit at Foxx’s special when he attended it with a client. “I know [Combs] poisoned Jamie Foxx, and Jamie Foxx reported him to the FBI because of it. … Jamie Foxx reported this man to the FBI because of this,” he said.
Dennis L.A. White claimed that Foxx actually said something along the lines like, “People keep asking me if Diddy was responsible. He was not responsible. If he was, I would’ve been dead.” He told Page Six that Foxx spent a good amount of the set talking about Combs — even making several jokes about “baby oil.”
While the special has yet to have a release date, Diddy’s team has called Jamie Foxx’s claims “outlandish, ridiculous and baseless.” In an email to AllHipHop, they also claim Foxx’s team denied any connection to Diddy’s case and subsequent arrest. When Foxx was approached by the paparazzi on October 25, 2024, he evaded questions about the poisoning, according to DailyMail. fans will most likely get a clearer answer when the special is out.