First things first: Jamie Foxx is not a clone. On his new Netflix special, What Had Happened Was…, the comedian clears the air about his secretive health issues over the past year or so. While online rumors spread that the incredibly handsome Foxx had been replaced by test-tube duplicates, he assures us that wasn’t the case. He offers up his Wanda character from In Living Color as proof — Foxx has brought you too much original shit to be a clone.

So what had happened? Diddy didn’t get him, Foxx assures us. And while he makes fun of Katt Williams’ theory about a “mystery illness,” that’s not far from the real story. Foxx had a stroke last year, and things got serious. At least in this telling, there was a chance the comedian wasn’t going to pull through. Even after he regained consciousness, he needed intensive physical...