On March 3, Jamie Foxx received a Producer Award at the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees Luncheon.
Ever the comedian, Foxx cracked jokes about his undisclosed illness, the “clone” rumors, and his history of dating white women.
According to Vibe, Foxx was in good cheer when he accepted his award.
Jamie Foxx Was Back To His Cheerful Best
“I’ll be going back to my stand-up sort of roots, and I’ll tell you in my way. It’ll be called What Had Happened Was. And it’s got all the things that have happened—especially on our side in our community. Being cloned and all kinds of sh*t. Ni**as will come up with anything.”
“‘Muthaf**king clone, he a clone!’ Even when they saw me out. ‘That ain’t no gahdamn Jamie, that’s a clone!’ I’m on a boat [waving my hand], ‘No! that’s a clone!’ I dove out of a car to save this Black woman’s purse, and I’m taking a picture, and they go, ‘That ain’t no damn Jamie, that’s a clone!’
“But then they saw me with a white girl. ‘That’s Jamie! You know he love them white bi**hes!’ Come on, man! That’s why I didn’t think I was going to get this award, am I Black enough?”
Naturally, Jamie Foxx had the audience in stitches.
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The AAFCA Awards audience was dying of laughter as Foxx cracked up at his own joke.
After vanishing from the public eye because of his mysterious illness, Jamie Foxx broke the silence in a video clip.
“I cannot even begin to tell you how far it took me and how it took me back. I went through something that I thought I would never, ever go through. I know a lot of people were waiting and you know wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that, man.
“I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, television show,” he continued. “I didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was gonna make it through.”
