Jamie Foxx Name-drops Diddy In New Comedy Special

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Jamie Foxx is heading to Netflix for his first comedy special in 22 years and rumors are flying that the Academy Award winner named Diddy as the person responsible for his health scare in 2023.

However, it seems like it was all in good fun. Foxx has always addressed his fellow celebrities in his standup specials and infamously made some enemies doing so, this time seems no different. According to TMZ, eyewitnesses who were at the tapings of the special, aptly titled What Had Happened Was, earlier this month, reported that the 56-year-old named the disgraced music mogul as a funny punchline, nothing more.

It was previously reported by Page Six, that some audience members didn’t take it as a joke. One up-and-coming comedian, who goes by Choke No Joke, gave his two cents on the matter after seeing two tapings of the special.

“Jamie has a special coming out on Netflix called ‘What Had Happened Was,’ and I went to the taping of it. It was three days taping. I went to the first show; I went to the last show, ” he said.” [Jamie said] Diddy was responsible for what happened to him, and [Foxx] is the one who called the FBI on [Combs].”

He continued,

“Y’all can determine was he joking or not when you see the show, ’cause to me — I’m a new comedian, right? … I know when somebody’s setting up a punchline, and I know when you’re serious.”

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Well, ok. Choke went on to say that Foxx‘s behavior and seemingly greatly improved health since Diddy‘s legal matters began also point to some truth behind the jest.

“We haven’t seen him. As soon as Puff went to jail, [Foxx] was at the god**n Dallas football game, right?” he said. “And now he just went and shot his special. And who’s the special strongly based around? Diddy.”

Maybe Choke should think about picking up a career in the FBI instead of comedy.

Either way, everyone is excited to see Jamie come back to standup. Though watching him soar to incredible heights in Hollywood has been a sight to behold, few people can deliver funny the way he can. Maybe he’ll stop by the studio and give us another album next.