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Jamie Foxx torn up during the 2025 Bet Awards As he remembers his recent stroke.
“Man, we used to take this thing for granted – that God was good,” said Foxx, 57, as he received the ultimate icon honor at the ceremony on Monday, June 9 in Los Angeles.
“All the time,” he continued. “I can’t even start expressing the love I feel from everyone out there. “
He added, “I did honestly – when I saw the ‘In Memoriam’ (a portion of the awards show), I was like, ‘man, that could have been me.’ But I don’t know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance I’m not going (to) turn down.
The actor who won Oscar remembered asking for “one more crack” in life.
“I said whatever reason you put this on me, I promise mymma do right,” he told the audience. “I do right in front of y’all, because I know many times, when we arrive we forget where we come from.”
In April 2023, Foxx suffering a medical emergency That left him in hospital. He revealed in his special Netflix program in December 2024 that he had a brain bleeding that led to a stroke.
Foxx explained that he had experienced a bad headache at the time and asked a friend for a little medicine.
“Before I could get the aspirin, I went out,” he said. “I don’t remember 20 days. What they told me was that they took me to the first doctor and that first doctor had given me a cortisone shot and sent me home,” he continued. “What’s the F *** is that? I don’t know if you can do Yelps for doctors, but that’s half a star.”
Foxx’s younger sister, Dixon Deidra.
After acting on Foxx, the doctor said to his sister, “He may be able to recover completely, but she is going to be the worst year of his life.” He woke up from a coma after 20 days and then went to Chicago to rehab. He stayed out of the magnifying glass for months as he recovered from the health scare.
During his speech on Monday, Foxx thanked his team “for pulling me through. I am seasoned. I do not want to say that I am old, but I am older. So, usually at this time, at this age, you play that father on Disney. Did you know, you got that big and ** coffee mug?
Addressing his peers in the Black Community, he added: “The icon prize is the most important prize because it comes from us.”