Jamie Foxx's Hulu Special "Take Care of Yourself": The Facts
Where to watch Jamie Foxx's Hulu stand-up special Take Care of Yourself, where it was filmed, what it covers, and the health scare behind it.
Most people know the feeling of telling someone "take care of yourself" as a goodbye and not thinking twice about it. Jamie Foxx means it literally. Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself is his new stand-up special. It premiered on Hulu on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, about three years after a brain bleed and stroke that he says almost killed him. Below: where to watch it, where it was filmed, what he jokes about and why the special exists.
What It Is and Where to Watch
Take Care of Yourself is a stand-up special released under Hularious, Hulu's original comedy banner. It went up on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (Laughing Place, Good Morning America).
Where to watch depends on where you live:
- In the US: on Hulu, and on Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers (Good Morning America, TheGrio). Disney owns Hulu, so the special appears in both apps (ABC News Radio).
- Outside the US: What's On Disney+ reports that it streams on Disney+ (What's On Disney+). Check your regional app to confirm.
What's On Disney+ also bills it as Foxx's first stand-up special on Hulu. His previous one was on Netflix.
The special was announced in mid-August. ABC News Radio ran the news on August 19, 2026, and EURweb on August 20 (ABC News Radio, EURweb). Hulu's synopsis promised "a much-needed dose of self-care in his most honest, evolved, and unforgettable chapter yet."
Filmed in Oakland
Foxx chose a city with history for him. The special was filmed in Oakland, California, according to Good Morning America. In 1991, long before In Living Color fame, the Oscar or Django Unchained, he won the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival there.
So the show takes him back to a stage near where he got an early win, 35 years later. Most comedians who come back after a long break or a hard stretch build the set in small rooms first. Filming the finished version in the city that gave him one of his first breaks makes the special something of a homecoming.
He also isn't alone up there. His daughter Anelise joins him on stage during the special (Good Morning America). Family is one of the main themes of the material, which the next section covers. Having one of his daughters in the room ties in with that, and with the people he says helped him get well.
What It Covers
Hulu's pitch is simple: self-care, and a more candid, "evolved" Foxx looking at himself as a comedian (EURweb, Laughing Place).
According to TheGrio, the hour mixes the usual stand-up material with more personal parts:
- political humor
- jokes about getting older
- jokes about celebrities, and about himself
- reflections on family and on his recovery
Foxx has also talked about what he took out. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, as quoted by TheGrio, he connected his edits to Netflix's roast of Kevin Hart: "After that, I had to cut everything." He said audiences had become more sensitive to certain kinds of jokes. He was also blunt about one moment at the roast, Tony Hinchcliffe's joke about George Floyd, saying he "didn't like the George Floyd sh-t at all."
That is Foxx's own description of how he wrote the set. The exact jokes he cut haven't been made public. Still, it fits Hulu's pitch: a comedian in his late 50s who is more careful about what he says and why.
The Health Scare Behind It
The title comes from what Foxx went through. In 2023 he had a brain bleed that led to a stroke (Good Morning America, TheGrio). His family kept details private for a long time, and he has filled in more of the story in the years since.
ABC News' Will Reeve interviewed him in a segment that aired Monday, October 5, 2026, two days before the premiere. Foxx was direct: "Man, I almost died." He said nurses had told him his chances of survival were slim (Good Morning America).
At 58, he says he feels more creative than ever. He credits his close circle of people for his recovery and says pickleball was part of his comeback routine. That is one man's account of his own recovery, not a medical plan. Stroke recovery varies a lot from person to person, and anyone dealing with one should rely on their own doctors.
Take Care of Yourself isn't his first time on stage after the stroke. It follows his 2024 Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, which was his first big return after the medical emergency (EURweb, ABC News Radio). The Netflix special told the story of what happened. Going by its title and Hulu's pitch, the Hulu special is about what he took from it.
Where It Sits in Hulu's Hularious Lineup
Foxx joins a crowded Hularious roster. According to Laughing Place, other comedians with specials under the banner include:
- Hannah Berner
- Ralph Barbosa
- Bill Burr
- Chris Distefano
- Jim Gaffigan
- Zarna Garg
- Nikki Glaser
- Ilana Glazer
- Jessica Kirson
- Matteo Lane
- Sebastian Maniscalco
- Kumail Nanjiani
- Atsuko Okatsuka
- Frankie Quiñones
- Andrew Santino
- Roy Wood Jr.
Next to that mix of established headliners and newer names, Foxx is probably the biggest movie star on the list.
The special came out on October 7, and some basic details are still not public as of this writing: the official runtime, the director and critics' reviews. Until those arrive, the summary is that it's a stand-up hour filmed in Oakland, with his daughter Anelise on stage, by a comedian who says he almost died three years ago and who now has advice for the audience in the title.
Sources (6)
- Laughing Place: Jamie Foxx "Take Care of Yourself" trailer
- Good Morning America: Jamie Foxx opens up 3 years after health scare
- TheGrio: Jamie Foxx, "Take Care of Yourself" and the Kevin Hart roast
- EURweb: Jamie Foxx Hulu stand-up special "Take Care of Yourself"
- ABC News Radio (via Rural Radio): Jamie Foxx's "Hularious" special to premiere in October
- What's On Disney+: Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself coming soon to Hulu/Disney+
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