Jamie Foxx Exclaims 'Puffy Didn't Try To Kill Me' After Rumored Conspiracy

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Jamie Foxx has, once again, denied rumors that Sean 'Diddy' Combs made an attempt on his life. Speaking with Hasan Minhaj, Chelsea Handler, Roy Wood Jr., Seth Meyers, and Sarah Silverman for The Hollywood Reporter, the 57-year-old opened up about his reactions to online conspiracies that were created during his 2023 hospitalization.
'I was doing so many jokes in the hospital. That's the only way I could get through it. I'm a comic, so even when I was heavily sedated, and they gave me OxyContin, Dilantin, and morphine at the same time,' reflected Foxx after Minhaj's revelation that 'Jamie almost died.'
He continued to explain how he snuck to use his mobile device and was introduced to the rumors being spun by the outside world as he and his family kept the details of the medical emergency under wraps. It was later revealed that the comedian suffered from a brain bleed and stroke.
'I'm in f**king perfect shape. [I see things like,] 'Puffy tried to kill me.' No, Puffy didn't try to kill me. When they said I was a clone, that made me flip. I'm sitting in the hospital bed, like, 'These bi**h-a** motherf**kers are trying to clone me,' elaborated the acclaimed actor.
'And then I saw me walk into my room, but I'm white, so I see the white me. The next morning, I said, 'I know what's up, you're trying to clone me and make me white so I'll sell better overseas.' The psychiatrist says, 'Are you all right?' And I say, 'Am I all right or am I all white? I saw you trying to get the white motherf**king Jamie Foxx and it ain't going to happen.' He just calmly goes, 'I think we're going to lower your dosage.'
Rumors that Combs was involved in the health scare experienced by Foxx reached the point where the Hip-Hop mogul's team had to address them after the comedian parlayed the discourse into a part of his stand up routine.
The rumors were called 'outlandish, ridiculous, and baseless,' by Combs' representatives in October 2024 after Combs was arrested the month before. Foxx himself also attempted to clear up confusion later that year when he exclaimed that the Harlem native was not invloved in his illness.
'The internet was trying to kill me, though. The internet said Puffy tried to kill me. I know what you're thinking, did he?' Foxx joked in his Netflix comedy special What Had Happened Was… 'Hell, nah ni**a, I left those parties early. I was out by 9 ni**a, something don't look right ni**a. It's slippery in here.'More from VIBE.com
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