Oprah Winfrey changed Jamie Foxx’s outlook by taking him to a star-studded gathering. Back in 2015, Foxx chatted on “Steve Harvey” about getting nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Ray Charles in “Ray.” “When we got nominated for an Oscar, I thought, there’s no way we’d win,” Foxx said. “So I used that as an excuse to throw parties … Let’s turn up.” He went on to detail how Winfrey reached out to him, telling Foxx that he was “blowing it,” and she “need[ed] to help [Foxx] with it.”
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Next, Winfrey brought Foxx to the home of Quincy Jones. Foxx met Hollywood legends such as Jones and Sidney Poitier, who praised Foxx’s acting skills and offered words of wisdom. Poitier told Foxx, “‘You’re responsible for your art — you’re responsible for this moment,'” Foxx said before adding, “That’s the Oprah Winfrey who took that moment to where I could’ve blew it in the club, and we ended up walking through and making history.” In 2005, Foxx was awarded an Oscar for “Ray,” and he took a moment to acknowledge people like Winfrey and Halle Berry in his acceptance speech, per the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. “I see Oprah, and I see Halle, and I just want to say your names. I want to talk to you later. Both of you,” Foxx said. Winfrey and Foxx have remained friendly in the years since.
