Netflix announced on Friday that Jamie Foxx‘s new comedy special What Had Happened Was, addressing his recent medical scare, will premiere globally on the platform on December 10.
Watch a teaser for his first hour since the early 2000s above.
Directed by Hamish Hamilton, What Had Happened Was will offer a deep dive into Foxx’s experience with his April 2023 medical emergency, while filming the Netflix action comedy Back in Action, that left him hospitalized and in recovery for several months. Although the exact cause was kept private, Foxx later shared that he faced “dire straits” and felt close to death during the ordeal, which began suddenly with intense symptoms.
Foxx revealed that he would address the situation in more depth earlier this year, while being honored by the African American Film Critics Association, but said he would do so “in a funny way.”
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