Jamie Foxx Is 'Super Busy, Happy and Going Strong' a Year After His Health Scare (Exclusive Source)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Foxx on March 3, 2024.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/GettyJamie Foxxis “doing incredibly well” as he marches toward his return toBeat Shazamand several new projects, a source tells PEOPLE.“He is so busy, and back to doing what he loves," the source says of Foxx, 56, who will bereturning to host the FOX game showwith his daughterCorinne Foxx, 30, for its upcoming season.“Jamie didn’t skip a beat onBeat Shazam,” the source says. “He was literally right back to his old self. Really on it!“Foxx’s return to the game show and upcoming movies —IMDblists at least three films the actor has in 2024 — comes after he suffered a “medical complication” in April 2023 and spent a number of months out of the public eye.While Foxx hasnot yet clarified exactly what happened, he said at the seventh annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in March that he will share the full story in a forthcomingstand-up comedy special.A second insider tells PEOPLE Tuesday that Foxx “is super busy, happy and going strong,” nearly one year after the medical emergency.Jamie Foxx on March 3, 2024.Kayla Oaddams/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“He is gung ho work now, living clean and enjoying his good health,” the insider says. “Jamie is a social guy, he likes to be around his friends, he has to be busy doing all kinds of different things. He is a bonafide entrepreneur with new projects bubbling all of the time.“Among Foxx’s upcoming movies includes Netflix’sBack in Action, the spy movie he costars in withCameron Diaz.An official Netflix logline for the movie onTudumreads that Foxx and Diaz’s characters Emily and Matt “find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown,” years after giving up their careers with the CIA.Jamie Foxx on Dec. 4, 2023.Leon Bennett/GettyOther films Foxx has in the works includeTin SoldierandNot Another Church Movie. TheDjango Unchainedstar has several more films in various stages of development; the second insider tells PEOPLE that Foxx, who appeared in four movies throughout 2023, “also has to be busy.““He loves it,” the source adds.

Jamie Foxx on March 3, 2024.Photo:Kayla Oaddams/Getty

Kayla Oaddams/Getty

Jamie Foxxis “doing incredibly well” as he marches toward his return toBeat Shazamand several new projects, a source tells PEOPLE.“He is so busy, and back to doing what he loves,” the source says of Foxx, 56, who will bereturning to host the FOX game showwith his daughterCorinne Foxx, 30, for its upcoming season.“Jamie didn’t skip a beat onBeat Shazam,” the source says. “He was literally right back to his old self. Really on it!“Foxx’s return to the game show and upcoming movies —IMDblists at least three films the actor has in 2024 — comes after he suffered a “medical complication” in April 2023 and spent a number of months out of the public eye.While Foxx hasnot yet clarified exactly what happened, he said at the seventh annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in March that he will share the full story in a forthcomingstand-up comedy special.A second insider tells PEOPLE Tuesday that Foxx “is super busy, happy and going strong,” nearly one year after the medical emergency.Jamie Foxx on March 3, 2024.Kayla Oaddams/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“He is gung ho work now, living clean and enjoying his good health,” the insider says. “Jamie is a social guy, he likes to be around his friends, he has to be busy doing all kinds of different things. He is a bonafide entrepreneur with new projects bubbling all of the time.“Among Foxx’s upcoming movies includes Netflix’sBack in Action, the spy movie he costars in withCameron Diaz.An official Netflix logline for the movie onTudumreads that Foxx and Diaz’s characters Emily and Matt “find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown,” years after giving up their careers with the CIA.Jamie Foxx on Dec. 4, 2023.Leon Bennett/GettyOther films Foxx has in the works includeTin SoldierandNot Another Church Movie. TheDjango Unchainedstar has several more films in various stages of development; the second insider tells PEOPLE that Foxx, who appeared in four movies throughout 2023, “also has to be busy.““He loves it,” the source adds.

Jamie Foxxis “doing incredibly well” as he marches toward his return toBeat Shazamand several new projects, a source tells PEOPLE.

“He is so busy, and back to doing what he loves,” the source says of Foxx, 56, who will bereturning to host the FOX game showwith his daughterCorinne Foxx, 30, for its upcoming season.

“Jamie didn’t skip a beat onBeat Shazam,” the source says. “He was literally right back to his old self. Really on it!”

Foxx’s return to the game show and upcoming movies —IMDblists at least three films the actor has in 2024 — comes after he suffered a “medical complication” in April 2023 and spent a number of months out of the public eye.

While Foxx hasnot yet clarified exactly what happened, he said at the seventh annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards in March that he will share the full story in a forthcomingstand-up comedy special.

A second insider tells PEOPLE Tuesday that Foxx “is super busy, happy and going strong,” nearly one year after the medical emergency.

Jamie Foxx on March 3, 2024.Kayla Oaddams/Getty

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“He is gung ho work now, living clean and enjoying his good health,” the insider says. “Jamie is a social guy, he likes to be around his friends, he has to be busy doing all kinds of different things. He is a bonafide entrepreneur with new projects bubbling all of the time.”

Among Foxx’s upcoming movies includes Netflix’sBack in Action, the spy movie he costars in withCameron Diaz.

An official Netflix logline for the movie onTudumreads that Foxx and Diaz’s characters Emily and Matt “find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown,” years after giving up their careers with the CIA.

Jamie Foxx on Dec. 4, 2023.Leon Bennett/Getty

Leon Bennett/Getty

Other films Foxx has in the works includeTin SoldierandNot Another Church Movie. TheDjango Unchainedstar has several more films in various stages of development; the second insider tells PEOPLE that Foxx, who appeared in four movies throughout 2023, “also has to be busy.”

“He loves it,” the source adds.

source: people.com