Jamie Foxx says it was an “excruciating” experience getting candid about the medical emergency he suffered last year in his latest stand-up comedy special, What Had Happened Was . “It was an excruciating time to be able to open those wounds every single day for three nights,” the Django star, 56, told CBS Mornings ’ Gayle King in a backstage clip shared on Instagram Monday. In the clip, Foxx and his team are seen celebrating the final night of his three-date show for his Netflix special, which was taped in Atlanta nearly a year-and-a-half after an undisclosed health issue left him hospitalized.
“It was excruciating because the worry is what gets you,” Foxx continued. “We’ve got a great show in the room, but we don’t know what they may laugh or what they may not laugh at. Any comedian will tell you that’s the thing; the worry is the thing.
” The Oscar winner explained that the nature of his special was unusual, considering the spontaneity of it. “Usually, when you do a stand-up special, you go out for a year-and-a-half and work every nook and cranny, then you tape it. You don’t just show up in Atlanta and turn the camera on,” he added.
Foxx has yet to publicly announce what caused his mysterious condition but told a group of people in downtown Phoenix earlier this summer that his health issues began with a “bad headache.” “Look, April 11 last year, bad headache asked my boy for an Advil. I was gone for 20 days,” he said in a clip shared Jul.
