Jamie Foxx's Representative Denies Claims He Was Hospitalized from COVID Vaccine
- False reports that Jamie Foxx was paralyzed and blind from a COVID vaccine went viral on social media.
- Foxx's representative confirmed the actor was briefly hospitalized but is now recovered, denying the claims were related to any vaccine.
- The rumors began on a podcast episode of "Ask Dr. Drew" hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky, a skeptic of mainstream COVID science.
- Conservative commentators spread the story to cast doubt on vaccine safety, though no evidence confirms if Foxx received any COVID vaccine.
- Foxx's daughter said he was well enough after hospitalization to play pickleball, confirming his health has improved.