UPDATE: On the Jay Leno show last night, Foxx apologized to Cyrus and to his fans, characterizing himself as "the black Howard Stern" and admitting that he took the "joke" too far. Should he apologize musically and record a duet with the teen powerhouse?
Jamie Foxx is a fine actor ("Any Given Sunday," "Collateral," "Ali"), Oscar winner ("Ray"), chart-topping R & B recording star, host of the Sirius radio show, "The Foxxhole" and doting father. In interviews over the years I've found him reflective, funny and very, very smart.
That's why I'm having a hard time believing that he said something really dumb and irresponsible on his radio show last Saturday about Miley Cyrus, a movie personality and recording star only two years older than Foxx's beloved daughter. Jamie, your Grandma Talley who raised you taught you better than to make fun of the way someone looks -- that's how they were born, it's out of their control. Jamie, if someone made the crack crack about your daughter, Corinne, you would be all over him like white on rice. Please tell me it was a lapse of judgment.
Readers tell me what you think. Your favorite Foxx role? Why? I like him best in the Michael Mann films "Ali" and "Collateral" because his emotions are so naked.
This is taken completely out of context and was clearly a joke. Not only did Jamie say she had big gums he said she should do a sex tape and heroin like other young stars. So he wan't being serious Plus, the comment was only in response to the self-important comments by Hannah/Miley that she would "ruin" the band Radiohead because they didn't want to speak to her at the Grammys. Miley seems like a nice girl but is getting a little out of touch and, in additon to the gums, too big a head— Chase Rolllins- Hey, Chase: For me, it's one thing to deflate a self-important remark by a celebrity; it's another to "jokingly" tell a 16-year-old to grow up and make a sex tape.— carrierickey
- Foxx is so self-consciously "cool" that he leaves me, well, cold.— Pash
- It is amazing how thin-skinned we Americans have become...no wonder the rest of the world laughs at us.— VinRocky
- Jamie Foxx is stupid and a fool....just because he can act does not make him intelligent and thoughtful. Picking on a 16 year old girl might be his way of getting his jollies..most of us have a higher moral compass. Actually I am sick of this race baiting problem that is cropping up all over the country...if a white says something wrong Sharpton and his cronies jump all over them and get them fired...when a person of color spews garbage it is supposed to funny. Well for anyone that cares to know Al Sharpton incited a riot in New York that lead to the death of a white man...he lied about the Brawley case and should be in jail but a double standard applies here whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.But enough about that malcontent. As for Jamie Foxx he never impressed me and I guess I was right.Apology or not he should learn to curb his tongue..he's crude and obnoxious.— Constance
- Jamie Foxx is stupid and a fool....just because he can act does not make him intelligent and thoughtful. Picking on a 16 year old girl might be his way of getting his jollies..most of us have a higher moral compass. Actually I am sick of this race baiting problem that is cropping up all over the country...if a white says something wrong Sharpton and his cronies jump all over them and get them fired...when a person of color spews garbage it is supposed to funny. Well for anyone that cares to know Al Sharpton incited a riot in New York that lead to the death of a white man...he lied about the Brawley case and should be in jail but a double standard applies here whether we choose to acknowledge it or not.But enough about that malcontent. As for Jamie Foxx he never impressed me and I guess I was right.Apology or not he should learn to curb his tongue..he's crude and obnoxious.— Constance
- Jamie Foxx is a comedian, so he says controversial things at times. This article took the whole incident out of context, he was reacting to her self-important statement that she would "ruin" the band Radiohead for not talking to her at the Grammys. He also said she should do a sex tape and take herion like some other young stars do, so I think his comments were'nt meant to be taken literally.— Chase Rolllins
- Please - Miley Cyrus is 16 chronologically, 35 in actuality. What a train wreck. Betty Ford alumnus by 20?— bjps1353
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