Jamie Foxx Reveals The Cryptic Conversation Before His Health Scare

Jamie Foxx is looking back on an unsettling conversation he had about making arrangements for the future shortly before his terrifying health scare in 2023.

“You know what’s crazy? Before it happened, I was talking to my people that handle my stuff [and they asked], ‘Jamie, wanna go over some papers just in case something happens?’” Foxx told People on Wednesday during the Los Angeles premiere of the new Apple TV+ documentary, “Number One on the Call Sheet.” The actor co-produced the two-part series.

According to Foxx, he was admitted to the hospital for an initially undisclosed reason shortly after speaking with his team. He was in Atlanta, Georgia, in April 2023 at the time of the incident.

In a clip shared on X in July 2024, the comedian, 57, revealed that there are 20 days after the incident that he can’t recall.

“Boom! Gone,” Foxx told People of suffering a coma amid the health scare.

Foxx later revealed during his Netflix comedy special, “What Had Happened Was,” that he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke, which required him to undergo surgery.

“When it happened, the amount of love that was poured, the amount of people that reached out, really meant something,” the Oscar winner said.

Foxx went on to admit his close brush with death was much different than he imagined before jokingly comparing his expectations to a famous scene from the 1988 action-crime film, “Colors.”

“I used to watch the movie Colors, when they had a shoot-out … I thought I was gonna go out like Rocket [Don Cheadle], like go out in a shoot-out in the mall or something,” he said. “I didn’t think I was just gonna go out asking for an aspirin.”

Elsewhere in his chat with People, Foxx opened up about a talk he had with God following his terrifying health scare.

“When I was talking to [God], he said, ‘Hey man, I’m gonna give you the second chance — what you gonna do with it?’”

The “Ray” actor revealed his answer to the outlet: “I said, ‘I’m gonna put more smiles on people’s faces and I’m gonna do everything I can to.’”