Jamie Foxx Recalls Asking Snoop Dogg To 'Shake Up' His Daughter's Boyfriend After Doing A 'Background Check'

Jamie Foxx shared a humorous story about enlisting Snoop Dogg to intimidate his daughter Corinne's past boyfriend, highlighting his protective parenting style.

Despite being laid-back, he emphasizes the importance of allowing his children to live their lives.

This comes after Jamie Foxx opened up about his stroke experience, recalling waking up from a coma after 20 days with no memory and struggling to walk.

During an interview on "Capital XTRA" with co-star Cameron Diaz to promote his new film "Back In Action," Foxx shared a humorous parenting story about his daughter Corinne's past boyfriend.

Foxx revealed that while he tries to stay laid-back, he's very protective of his daughters, especially when it comes to dating.

"I'm a little… I could be relaxed. But I could also be very – when it comes to my daughters and the opposite sex – I could be a little more, you know, in your face," he admitted, per the Daily Mail.

Foxx then recalled a time when Snoop Dogg was visiting his home, and he enlisted the rapper to intimidate his daughter's then-boyfriend.

"My oldest daughter, who's married now, but when she was dating another guy, he comes over. I'd already done the background check on the dude, but Snoop happened to be there at my crib," Foxx shared.

He added: "I was like, 'Snoop, there he is, right there. Shake him up!' And Snoop walks over with, 'Hey, what's up? What's happening with it? You know, if she hurt, you hurt, homie.'"

Foxx expressed a balance between being protective and allowing his children to live their lives.

He explained, "I try to be visual in that perspective, but I also understand they got to be kids. You got to let them, you know, live a life. And, you know, that type of thing."

Foxx's daughter, Corinne, married Joe Hooten in September 2024 at his home in Thousand Oaks, California, and despite having had a stroke the previous year, the "Django Unchained" star was proud to walk his daughter down the aisle.

When asked about her own parenting style, Diaz, who has young children, responded, "I mean, I have young kids, so it's a whole different thing. I talk to my kids, like, 'You know, that's not available. I know you really, really want it. I understand. It's not available.'"

"But my husband always says he's, like, "you go from zero to 100 and like that". So, you know. Definitely, I got to work on that," she added.

In the upcoming episode of "The Graham Norton Show" on Friday, Foxx opens up about the terrifying experience that saw him in a coma after surgery in April 2023.

Reflecting on the ordeal, he shared that he had no recollection of the events leading up to his hospitalization and only realized the severity when he woke up 20 days later.

"I was very unwell but now I am back feeling good. It makes you realize that you need people that care and love you around to get you through it," he said.

The actor continued, "I didn't remember anything happening so when I came to 20 days later I thought I was being pranked. It was beyond crazy."

Foxx previously spoke about his health scare during his stand-up show, "What Had Happened Was...".

He revealed that he had begun experiencing a severe headache while filming "Back In Action" in Atlanta and was initially treated with a cortisone shot.

However, his sister, Deidra Dixon, sensed that something was off and knew that the situation was more serious than it appeared.

Foxx shared that Dixon quickly drove him to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, where he underwent a critical procedure to save his life.

At the time, the family chose to keep the details of his health scare private at the time, with Foxx only revealing the full story a month ago.

The "Day Shift" actor recalled waking up from his coma on May 4 and being shocked to find himself unable to walk. "When I woke up, I found myself in a wheelchair. I couldn't walk," he said.

Despite the gravity of the situation, Foxx was reluctant to accept that he had suffered a stroke.

His therapist advised him, "You need to kill the old Jamie so the new Jamie can thrive."

Reflecting on the experience, Foxx said, "God blessed me with money and fame, but when I forgot about God, He blessed me with a stroke."

As he made his return to public life, Foxx knew humor would be key to his recovery.

"I knew I had to get back and realized the way to do it was by being funny," Foxx told Norton in the episode preview. "I told so many jokes people thought I was mad, and then I would act as someone else – for three whole days I was Denzel Washington."