Chris Tucker: I Almost Died While Shooting 2pac's 'California Love' Video

By Isha Thorpe

November 11, 2016

Last night (Nov. 10), Chris Tucker visited "The Late Late Show With James Corden" and shared something very interesting -- and scary -- about shooting 2pac's "California Love" video. The actor/comedian admitted that he almost died, while doing so.  

Corden asked Tucker what his experience was like shooting the vid. That's when the actor/comedian said, "It was fun and dangerous at the same time. 2pac just got out of jail, Suge Knight was walking around with a rottweiler -- I didn't know if I was gonna get bite or what."

He continued to describe the moment he almost lost his life, and how a now-late actor saved him. "I almost fell off a jeep and Michael Clarke Duncan saved my life...I was on the jeep and I was acting. I was overacting and it [the jeep] went over a doom in the middle of a desert." 

Tucker then said that caused him to almost fall out of the vehicle, as it was going at a high speed. "I was like 'Ahhh!' (motiving himself falling out) and Michael said, 'Come here little boy, come back here' (showing Duncan pulling him back inside). I said, 'Thank you God.' Michael Clarke Duncan saved my life." 

Watch Chris Tucker talk about the near death experience above.

Photo: Getty Images.

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