Jamie Foxx plans to return to stand-up after serious illness.
The 56-year-old “Ray” actor told fans on his Instagram that he plans to return to being a comedian after suffering “complications” that kept him away from the public eye from April to December 2023. Because of this, he had to be hospitalized.
He posted a video from one of his past stand-up specials expressing his impression of the late musician Prince, with the caption, “I saw Prince singing the Brady Bunch theme song for a second.” . We plan to bring you more moments.
“I'm going to go on stage with someone close to you.” There are things you want to joke and talk about. ”
The comedy clip is from Jamie's 2002 HBO special “I Might Need Security,” in which Jamie jokes about what the theme song for the 1970s sitcom “The Brady Bunch” would sound like if it were Prince. The scene was shown. I sang a song.
Jamie first rose to fame as a comedian, being a cast member of the sketch show In Living Color in the early 1990s, and released three comedy specials from 1993 to 2003.
He is also currently working on a number of films, including the Netflix thriller “Back in Action,” co-starring 51-year-old Cameron Diaz.
In April 2023, the pair were in the middle of filming a movie when Jamie became seriously ill, requiring him to be hospitalized for several months.
The two were also spotted filming the movie in January, and Netflix teased that the movie would be released later this year.
Jamie hadn't performed stand-up in years during his acting and music career, which saw him release five studio albums between 1994 and 2015.