So, what happened to Chris Tucker? A seemingly lethal combination of tax issues and a focus on religion slowed the Rush Hour star down. According to TMZ, by 2014, Tucker had racked up $14 million in back-taxes. He eventually settled his debt (via CNN), and according to Complex, he made light of his burdens in his 2015 Netflix special, Chris Tucker: Live. He joked, "Take care of your business, man... 'cause that's the last time I let Wesley Snipes help me out with my taxes!"
Meanwhile, Tucker is a born-again Christian. According to Complex, he turned to Christianity in the 1990s, but once he struck fame, shied away from more movie offers, like a rumored part in Lethal Weapon 4. Tucker told The Georgia Straight, "[I would] go to comedy clubs and it's like, 'All right, how raunchy can you get?' And it's really not that funny to me."
According to an interview on Sirius XM (via The Interrobang), director Brett Ratner once estimated Tucker turned down nearly $100 million in projects. "It's probably about that much," Tucker said on-air. "But I've got $100 million of great experiences." Those experiences included, interestingly enough, reportedly visiting Africa with Bill Clinton and Kevin Spacey on Jeffrey Epstein's plane when Hollywood was knocking. That's quite a cabin, huh?
Today, Tucker remains elusive, aside from his 2015 stand-up special and role as Bradley Cooper's pal in Silver Linings Playbook. Seems like he's not "rushing" back!
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