HOLLYWOOD - Jamie Foxx, who is just a little bit taller than Gary Coleman, said that he has just signed to star in the Chula Vista Pictures movie What Choo Talkin' 'Bout Willis - The Story of Gary Coleman.
At first Jamie said that he felt that he was too tall to play the 4 foot 8 inch tall Coleman. But then his agent Bonzo Skilletti informed him that he is actually only about three inches taller than Coleman.
Foxx, reportedly did not like hearing that and reprimanded Skilletti for making that statement. But Skelletti did not apologize or back down and responded by saying, "Hey Foxxy in the words of President Barack Obama, 'tough titty said the kitty.'"
Jamie says that he only met Coleman once and that was outside of the Los Angeles County Jail where Gary was filming a commercial for either Right Guard Deodorant, McDonald's, or Summer's Eve, he forgets which.
Coleman appeared on the sit-com Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 until 1986. He won an Emmy for Shortest Performing Actor in a Situation Comedy in 1983. He also won the coveted NAACP Diana Ross Award for Attitude in 1987.
Two weeks ago Gary finished shooting on a movie which was filmed on location down in Durango, Mexico, entitled The A-Team Ain't Shit - We Be The B-Team Y'all.
Co-starring along with Coleman were Rihanna, Denzel Washington, Alicia Keys, Puff Diddy, Camel Carl & The Desert Ragheadz, Tim Duncan, Oprah Winfrey, Mike Tyson, and Reese Witherspoon as the token white person.
Gary always used to joke about his height and used to tell his wives that he was not really short and that they were just way too damn tall.
SIDENOTE: President Obama, who grew up watching Diff'rent Strokes, said that in Coleman's honor he will be issuing a presidential directive and renaming the Arizona town of Tucson, Garyson.
