Actor Jamie Foxx wowed audiences with his impression of former Republican President Donald Trump during an appearance on the Rap Radar Podcast.
Foxx appeared on the show to promote his upcoming film Day Shift, in which he stars alongside rapper, actor and author Snoop Dogg.
Things got interesting after Snoop told podcast hosts Elliott Wilson and Brian “B. Dot” Miller about reconnecting with Michael “Harry-O” Harris—who co-founded and funded Death Row Records—shortly after Trump pardoned Harris before leaving office.
The discussion prompted Foxx to quip there are "a lot of great people on both sides"—doing a perfect impression of a remark Trump made in 2017 in defense of neo-Nazis, White nationalists and White supremacists gathered for the now-infamous "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that left counter-protester Heather Heyer dead.
You can watch Foxx's impression of Trump in the video below.
\u201cJamie Foxx can really impersonate anyone. \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02\u201d— Complex (@Complex) 1661457335
Foxx had his companions in stitches after he uttered the following while mimicking Trump's voice perfectly:
"There's a lot of great people on both sides. Lots of great people on both sides."
"I know Harry-O. He's a great person. He couldn't vote for me at the time."
"Now he can vote for me when he gets out."
"I love Snoop D O Double-G."
"I love Death Row Records. I love Death Row... Excuse me, excuse me, fake news."
"I love Death Row."
Foxx went further when asked what his favorite Death Row record is.
"All of them. Love the Death Row Records. Don't try to pin me down... you see what he just..."
"Excuse me. Fake news."
Foxx burst out laughing when, speaking as Trump, he claimed "they" tried to give him "the virus," a reference to his bout with COVID-19 amid an outbreak of the virus in Washington DC in October 2020 that sent him to the hospital and nearly threatened the White House line of succession.
Foxx's uncanny impression took social media by storm.
\u201cIt\u2019s so good I thought it was dubbed.\n\nThe man never ceases to amaze.\u201d— Eric L. Robinson (@Eric L. Robinson) 1661531492
\u201cnailed the impression \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u201d— KINGLYMAN \u06de \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 (@KINGLYMAN \u06de \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6) 1661530718
\u201cThe most talented man of our time.\u201d— Drew (@Drew) 1661514832
\u201cOMG! This is perfect. Ol Jamie Foxx can impersonate anyone flawlessly. \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u201d— keeweenaz (@keeweenaz) 1661514921
\u201coutstanding\u201d— John Harwood (@John Harwood) 1661524717
\u201cScary talented \n\nAlso NEVER want to hear his voice again.\u201d— Dorian Wilde (@Dorian Wilde) 1661524965
\u201cI swear I thought they were playing a recording lol Jaime Foxx is amazing lol\u201d— \u2618\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9aCeltics Contessa\ud83d\udc9a\u2618\ufe0f (@\u2618\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9aCeltics Contessa\ud83d\udc9a\u2618\ufe0f) 1661525087
\u201cCast Jamie Foxx as Trump in a biopic and usher in a new golden age of avant garde cinema.\u201d— Max Burns (@Max Burns) 1661526793
\u201cGreatest actor of our generation\u2026@SnoopDogg knows!\u201d— The Addiction Pharmacist (@The Addiction Pharmacist) 1661513328
Foxx's acting talents are well known, but people sometimes forget his sketch comedy background from the 1990's In Living Color.
In 2004, Foxx had a remarkable year onscreen, starring as the male lead alongside Tom Cruise in Michael Mann's hit thriller Collateral—a role that garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor—and winning the Best Actor Academy Award for playing Ray Charles in the biopic Ray.
No word on whether Trump has heard Foxx's impression, but knowing his history of taking any form of criticism or ribbing, it's unlikely he'll be amused.
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