Jamie Foxx ‘secrecy’ on hospitalization spurs false claims

Jamie Foxx’s representative has set the record straight on an unfounded claim on the internet that a coronavirus vaccine forced the actor to the hospital.

According to NBC News, the spokesperson of the Oscar winner called the alleged coronavirus vaccine reaction claims “completely inaccurate.”

Besides, continuing the practice of staying mum over the cause of the star’s hospitalization, the representative rejected the claims about the 55-year-old being “partially paralyzed and blind”, saying that they were fundamentally false.

Meanwhile, the viral claim was pushed by an online far-right commentator Charlie Kirk, and it was put in the spotlight after gossip columnist A.J. Benza and Dr. Drew Pinksy touched on the matter on the former podcast.

The host claimed he had a source with the actor when he was forcibly injected corona vaccine which later caused a stroke due to a blood cloth.

In April, Foxx was rushed to the hospital for an unknown “medical complication” during Netflix’s Back in Action shoot.

The non-disclosure of the reason for hospitalization led to feverish online speculations.

Leading The Amazing Spider-Man star’s daughter Corrine to request to ignore any report which did not come from the Foxx family.

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