More than any other platform, Netflix is ​​a safe space for celebrities who want to control the narratives of their lives. Usually, those who want to “correct” some perception they consider wrong. Disguised as a stand-up category (there are also docu-releases), these electronic releases are doubly clever: if the celebrity feels they have to say something officially, it is usually because there is something controversial in the air. And this generates both clickbait and views. Irresistible.

After so many others before him, Jamie Foxx chose this space to clarify what happened to him a little over a year ago when, in the middle of filming a movie, he was hospitalized and almost died. With the elusive information that it was a “medical complication,” it was irresistible for Internet conspirators to create a thousand and one versions of what happened – from cloning, death, and even attempted murder – which would be funny if it weren’t tragic. Jamie Foxx is here to dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

“If I could stay funny, I could stay alive,” was his mantra, and yes, amidst his tears and genuine emotion, he does make us laugh.

Jamie Foxx’s ‘What Had Happened Was…’ was recorded in Atlanta, the city where he was hospitalized, and to which he is grateful. The idea is to set the record straight: the actor had a brain hemorrhage, suffered a stroke, temporarily lost the ability to walk, and doesn’t remember 20 days of his life. And I speak from having lived with someone who has almost died more than once: it’s impossible to come out of it the same person. My ex-sister-in-law lost her memory, underwent brain surgery twice, was in a coma, lost her speech, and today she is a strong and healthy woman. But the confusion and anguish of knowing that she doesn’t remember the period that others report of her memory loss always make her go back to that moment.

Jamie Foxx’s testimony is extremely emotional and there are more tears than laughter, paying tribute to his family, and his daughters and explaining how the mantra – which opens the door to a series of hilarious imitations, from Wesley Snipes, Jay Z to Ray Charles, not forgetting Denzel Washington – is a sincere and rare admission by a star of how revolted he was with what happened, moving on to the humility of understanding that there is even more to life than fame and success.

The headlines, as he knew, refer to the Sean Combs scandal that some claim tried to kill him. He jokes but warns: “I always left his parties early, like nine at night”, defending himself from any other calls. He also defends himself from his white girlfriends, jokingly promising that he will give them up (in public). Above all, he wants to make it more than clear that he is back and well.

It’s a relief to see that Jamie has made a full recovery in less than a year. He admits that few people make it. With this new opportunity, more music and movies are coming. He’s very much alive because, yes, he’s very funny. Welcome back!

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