Hollywood’s Jamie Foxx has finally addressed the mystery illness at his first public appearance in a while.
The actor became emotional while receiving the Vanguard Award from the Critics Choice Association in Los Angeles. It was his first official public outing since the undisclosed illness that he says left him unable to walk.
According to Deadline at the event, Jamie spoke for about 12 minutes in front of a stunned crowd after accepting the award, given in honor of his career and his performance in Prime Video’s legal drama The Burial. He got very emotional and explained to the audience that he cherishes “every single minute.”
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Fighting tears, he said: “I want to thank everybody. I’ve been through something, I’ve been through some things. You know what is crazy is that I couldn’t do that six months ago I couldn’t actually walk” The audience burst into supportive applause.
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He joked: “I’m not a clone, I know there is a lot of people saying that I was cloned out there.” The star later added: “I cherish every single minute now it’s different.
“I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy because it’s tough when it’s almost over … when you see the tunnel. I saw the tunnel I didn’t see the light.”
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The actor and rapper, 55, spent time in a hospital in April, before later attending a physical rehabilitation centre, which is said to have occurred while he was working on the Netflix film Back in Action. Foxx has been working on new projects since the medical complication he suffered.
Shortly after he entered the hospital, it was announced that he would be co-hosting a new music game show called “We Are Family.” In July, after he’d left the hospital, he shared on Instagram that “BIG things (were) coming soon.”
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The actor’s representative confirmed to NBC News via email at the time that Foxx’s “condition was serious enough that Jamie’s family, some of whom were not in town, came to the hospital.”
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