Jamie Foxx is recalling an eerie conversation just before his 2023 near-death medical emergency.
During the Los Angeles premiere of the two-part Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet, the Oscar winner shared he was told to get affairs in order.
“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.
“‘What’s gonna happen to me?’ ” Foxx said. Shortly thereafter, he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke while making his latest film, Back in Action in Atlanta.
“Boom! Gone,” Foxx explained.
Foxx also shared that the incident was nothing like what he thought his death would be.
“I used to watch the movie Colors, when they had a shootout … I thought I was gonna go out like Rocket [Don Cheadle], like go out in a shootout in the mall or something,” Foxx says. “I didn’t think I was just gonna go out asking for an aspirin.”
The Ray actor also expressed his gratitude to all those who supported him while he recovered out of the public eye.
“When it happened, the amount of love that was poured, the amount of people that reached out, really meant something,” he said. “When I was talking to [God], he said, ‘Hey man, I’m gonna give you a second chance — what you gonna do with it?’ “
Foxx shared the details of his experience in his Netflix comedy special What Had Happened Was … which premiered in December 2024.
“People like, ‘Where are the jokes?’ I said, ‘Y’all know me; I’m funny, man, I gotta tell the real story,’ ” Foxx tells PEOPLE. “There was some pushback on the God thing. I said, ‘Man, what y’all talking about? I gotta say what is.’ “
Number One on the Call Sheet is on Apple TV+ March 28.
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