Jamie Foxx has recalled a wild trip to Australia with Leonardo DiCaprio and a group of their friends, back in 2012.
In an extract from the actor’s biography, Act Like You Got Some Sense, shared by Stellar Magazine, Jamie reveals he hoped to celebrate New Year’s Eve twice – once in Australia and again in Las Vegas when he returned.
To make the flight, Jamie, 53, booked a double decker plane, but left his friends partying upstairs while he stayed downstairs with his daughter, Annalise Bishop, who was four at the time, and her mother, his ex-girlfriend, Kristin Grannis.
Party time: Jamie Foxx (right) has recalled a wild trip to Australia with Leonardo DiCaprio (left) and a group of their friends, back in 2012. Jamie booked a double decker plane, but left his friends partying upstairs
As the party raged through the whole flight, Leo, Jonah Hill, Nas, the Fugees and nightclub owner Jason Strauss, who all came along, begged Jamie to join in.
‘When party Jamie and family Jamie met face-to-face, it was clear who was gonna win. Family Jamie every time,’ he wrote.
‘I could hear the club music pounding upstairs, boom boom boom, while I was sitting next to Anelise watching The Little Mermaid.’
Family man: Jamie says he stayed downstairs with his daughter, Annalise Bishop, who was four at the time, and her mother, his ex-girlfriend, Kristin Grannis, while the party raged above them. Jamie, Annalise and Kristin are pictured in a throwback image
Luxury: When they landed, the family of three enjoyed a trip to Taronga Zoo and Sydney Harbour, while Jamie’s pals continued their party – with Leonardo at one stage floating by them on a luxury yacht as if he was in a scene from his film, Wolf of Wall Street (pictured)
When they landed, the family enjoyed a trip to Taronga Zoo and Sydney Harbour, while Jamie’s pals continued their party – with Leo, 46, at one stage floating by them on a luxury yacht as if he was in a scene from his film, Wolf of Wall Street.
‘Right on cue, a gorgeous boat came drifting by. The scene onboard looked crazy, like somebody had transported a Hollywood Hills mansion on to the water: multiple hot tubs, a pool, tonnes of food,’ Jamie recalled.
‘My eyes bulged. I spotted Leo, waving at me. I gotta admit, I was a little jealous,’ he went on.
‘Right on cue, a gorgeous boat came drifting by. The scene onboard looked crazy, like somebody had transported a Hollywood Hills mansion on to the water: multiple hot tubs, a pool, tonnes of food,’ Jamie recalled
Family: Jamie, whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop, has two children – Corinne Foxx, 27, (left) who he shares with ex-girlfriend Connie Kline, as well as Annalise Bishop, 12, (centre) with former girlfriend Kristin Grannis
‘I had to keep reminding myself that the joy of spending time with my children trumped multiple hot tubs.’
Jamie, whose real name is Eric Marlon Bishop, has two children – Corinne Foxx, 27, who he shares with ex-girlfriend Connie Kline.
He also shares Annalise Bishop, 12, with former girlfriend Kristin Grannis.
Tall tales: The stories appear in Jamie’s new autobiography
Split: Jamie’s party confession comes after his ex-girlfriend Katie Holmes moved on with chef Emilio Vitolo Jr. Foxx and Holmes dated secretively starting in 2013. The couple took their relationship public in the summer of 2019, only to break up shortly afterward. Pictured in 2019
Jamie’s party confession comes after his ex-girlfriend Katie Holmes moved on with chef Emilio Vitolo Jr.
Foxx and Holmes dated secretively starting in 2013, shortly after her divorce from Tom Cruise.
The couple finally took their relationship public in the summer of 2019, only to break up shortly afterward.
Read more: In this week’s Stellar Magazine