Queen Latifah, Jamie Foxx.Photo:Nicholas Hunt/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Nicholas Hunt/Getty; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Queen Latifahis singingJamie Foxx’s praises.
Latifah, 53, recently toldEntertainment Tonightshe is “praying hard” for 55-year-old Foxx’s recovery following the actor/musician’sApril medical emergency.
Latifah called Foxx, with whom she appeared in the 2010 movieValentine’s Day,“one of the nicest people that you’ve ever met.”
“I hear so many kind stories about people who tour with him and how he treated them so respectfully and made sure they were all taken care of,” she added.
Latifah said she has marveled at Foxx’s energy and passion for performing in the past.
Queen Latifah and Jamie Foxx in 2007.Evan Agostini/Getty
Evan Agostini/Getty
“I don’t know how he found the energy to do that after parties, after the shows, but I sure partied with him a couple times ‘cause he’d be on the mic and singing,” she toldET. “I’d be like, ‘You just did a whole two-hour show and you still at the club doing another [one]!’ "
Latifah added, “So he’s really the genuine article, and I just wish him nothing but the best.”
Foxx experienced a medical complication on April 11 while filming theNetflixmovieBack in Actionin Atlanta. His daughter Corinne, 29,shared at the timethat “due to quick action and great care,” Foxx was “on his way to recovery” at that point.
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A month later, Corinne gave an update, saying the Oscar winner “hasbeen out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating.”
TheThey Cloned Tyroneactor has re-emerged in public multiple times in recent weeks. Foxx wasspotted at Topgolfin the Naperville suburb of Chicago on July 8; the following day, he was seencruising on a boat down the Chicago River.
Just last week, he was spotted playing pickleball in Chicago, appearing in good spirits as he and a companion played a doubles match against two opponents.
Jamie Foxx and Queen Latifah in 1997.Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
A source told PEOPLE Monday that Foxx “has been working really hard these last couple of months to get back to normal and has greatly improved since he first got to the facility.”
The source also said the actor recently held aparty at the Chicago rehabilitation facilityhe has been going to “to celebrate being better.”
“He is still doing some outpatient rehab though,” they added.
source: people.com
