Last year, the actor and comedian broke his silence on the medical emergency that led to his hospitalization in 2023, confirming that he’d suffered a stroke.
Jamie’s hospitalization resulted in tons of baseless rumors and conspiracy theories — so much so that his daughter Corinne had to issue a statement rebutting the speculation while he was recovering.
One such rumor was that Diddy — who is currently standing trial on sex trafficking charges – had allegedly conspired to kill Jamie, resulting in his health issues. His reps called the rumors “outlandish, ridiculous and baseless” last year.
During last year’s standup comedy special What Had Happened Was, Jamie briefly addressed the rumors — as well as any chatter that he’d been in Diddy’s inner circle regarding the mountain of allegations that the disgraced music mogul has since faced. “The internet said Puffy was trying to kill me, that’s what the internet was saying,” he said. “I know what you thinking, ‘Diddy?’ Hell no, I left them parties early.”
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jamie more directly — and more seriously — shut down the conspiracy theory while getting more in-depth about his recovery in the hospital.
“I’m in fucking perfect shape,” he said about his current condition. “[I saw things like,] ‘Puffy tried to kill me.’ No, Puffy didn’t try to kill me. When they said I was a clone, that made me flip. I’m sitting in the hospital bed, like, ‘These bitch-ass motherfuckers are trying to clone me.’”
Jamie also revealed that, while in the hospital, he leaned on humor — and his comedic craft — to keep himself busy and mentally strong.
“I was doing so many jokes in the hospital,” he said. “That’s the only way I could get through it. I’m a comic, so even when I was heavily sedated, and they gave me OxyContin, Dilantin and morphine at the same time.”
You can read the entire interview here.