Jamie Foxx shared a video on Instagram where he made touching comments about his hospitalization earlier this year.
The singer and actor, 55, was admitted to hospital in April 2023 for an undisclosed reason. His daughter Corinne said that he “experienced a medical complication”, but did not elaborate. In his video, Foxx didn’t say why he was hospitalized, but credited his sister Deidra Dixon and her daughter, along with “a lot of great doctors” for “saving (his) life.”
“I went through something I thought I would never go through,” Foxx said in the video. “I know a lot of people were waiting, you know, wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me…with hits running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it.”
Foxx also took the time to debunk the rumors that had spread about her condition.
“Being silent sometimes things get out of hand. … Some people said I was blind, but as you can see the eyes are working, the eyes are working great. I said I was paralyzed, I’m not paralyzed, but I’ve been through – I’ve been to hell and back,” Foxx said, adding that his “Road to recovery also had potholes.”
“But I’m coming back and I’m able to work, so I want to thank the people who let me work,” Foxx added, becoming visibly emotional. “And I just want to say that I love everyone and I love all the love that I have.”