Jamie Foxx has shared a story about capturing Whitney Houston on tape singing for him privately and how Bobby Brown later demanded it from him.
During the latest episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Stand-Up Roundtable, Foxx, who sat alongside Sarah Silverman, Seth Meyers, Roy Wood Jr., and others reflected on an unforgettable night in 2000 when he was hanging out with Brown and friends.
“One night, me an Bobby Brown, we’re doing our thing, we’re fucked up, and we’re doing ‘Don’t Be Cruel,’ Foxx began his story.
“So, we’re partying, and I say, ‘I got to use the bathroom,'” continued Foxx. “And while I’m in the bathroom, I hear, “Now, Jamie, let me tell you something, I don’t do this for nobody. I usually get a million dollars to sing a song.'”
Foxx explained that it was Houston speaking to him, so he grabbed a camera and recorded her singing “I Will Always Love You.”
“So now I got the tape,” Foxx explained. “I go back to my crib, we’re having a little afterparty, and all of a sudden I hear this (knock, knock, knock) … It’s Bobby Brown.”
“He’s like, ‘I got to take that tape,'” added Foxx. “I said, ‘Bobby, I don’t have it.'”
“‘Well, I got to take something.’ So, he goes in my closet, and he’s taking clothes. He’s matching outfits and shit,'” alleged Foxx.
Foxx then revealed that he still has the footage that Brown wanted — but he’s not eager to put it out anymore. “I have the tape,” explained Foxx. “But it doesn’t mean anything anymore. Why? YouTube.”
Elsewhere during the roundtable, Foxx discussed what it felt like for him to see people say that he was cloned after his stroke. “When they said I was a clone, that made me flip. I’m sitting in the hospital bed, like, ‘These bitch-ass muthafuckas are trying to clone me,'” said Foxx.
Check out Jamie Foxx’s full roundtable discussion up above.
