Jamie Foxx’s daughters, Corinne and Anelise Foxx, were his rock at his Netflix special.
“Shout-out to my daughter Corinne Marie Foxx, who took care of me and made sure I was protected,” Jamie, 57, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, March 12, at the premiere of Apple TV+’s Number One on the Call Sheet. “She wouldn’t let anybody see me, and then shout-out to my youngest daughter who was courageous in front of that crowd.”
Jamie’s Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was, dropped in December 2024 and pulled back the curtain on his health scare from the year prior. In the show, Jamie welcomed Anelise onto the stage for a performance. (Jamie shares Corinne, 31, with ex Connie Kline and Anelise, 16, with ex Kristin Grannis.)
“You got to understand, we didn’t get a chance to practice that show. We just went up. Really, those people were in there for the first time. It was the first time I said anything to them,” he told Us at TCL Chinese Theatre. “For my daughter to walk out and play that guitar, the way she played, it was so amazing.”
Jamie Foxx got his start in sketch comedy before becoming an Oscar-winning actor. Foxx began playing the piano at a young age, going on to perform and lead the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in his hometown of Terrell, Texas. As a teenager, he excelled in basketball and football before choosing to study musical […]
Jamie explained that Anelise asked him for an Instagram account to help with her music, but he told her that they could see “what happens” when the special was released — and she got her flowers after her performance.
“I’m probably being not the most-liked dad by saying you can’t have Instagram, [but] a lady runs up on her with tears in her eyes and said, ‘Man, what you did!’ I said, ‘Your art is what’s going to be your social media, your art,’” he recalled. “She did a fantastic job. And to everybody that prayed and to everybody that made sure I was here, thank you.”
Jamie shared that he will be shooting another special in July at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, adding, “We going to turn up.”
“I just don’t want to get canceled. But we got some jokes that I held back on purpose because I didn’t want to bend and get us away from the story,” he said. “But yeah, this summer we going to get fly. So make sure you check it out back on my funny ish and come check me out.”
Months before releasing the special, Jamie celebrated Corinne’s nuptials with husband Joe Hooten. (Corinne shared her engagement news in December 2023.)
As for how it felt walking Corinne down the aisle, Jamie gushed to Us, “Come on, man. Amazing!”
With reporting by Mariel Turner
