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Foxx, age 57, stated while he accepted the Ultimate Icon Honor during the Monday, June 9 ceremony in Los Angeles that "Man, we took it for granted that God is good".
He went on to say, "All the time. I cannot even start to say the love I feel from each person out there".
He continued, "I must be honest; when I watched the 'in memoriam' part of the awards show, I thought, 'Man, I almost could have been up there'. But I'm unsure why I went through what I experienced, but I realize I will not reject the second chance I have been given. I'm not going to turn it down".
The actor who won an Oscar remembered asking for "one more opportunity" in life.
He told the audience, "I pledged that whatever reason you put this on me, I promise I will do right. I will do right in front of each of you, because I know a lot of times, when we succeed, we forget where we started".
Foxx had a medical emergency in April of 2023 that caused him to be hospitalized. He disclosed in his December 2024 Netflix special that a brain bleed caused him to have a stroke.
Foxx said that he had a terrible headache at the time and requested some medication from a friend.
He stated, "Before I could take the aspirin, I passed out. I don’t recall 20 days. I was told that they took me to the first doctor, who gave me a cortisone shot and sent me home. What the f*** is that? I'm unsure if there is a Yelp for doctors, but that doctor is half a star".
Deidra Dixon, Foxx’s younger sister, got a second opinion at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, where a doctor informed her of Foxx’s brain bleed and stroke and stated, "If I don’t get into his head immediately, we’re gonna lose him.”
After operating on Foxx, the doctor informed his sister that "He may fully recover, but it will be the worst year he has ever experienced". After 20 days, he came out of a coma before going to Chicago for rehabilitation. While recovering from the health scare, he avoided being in the spotlight for months.
Foxx thanked his team during his speech on Monday "for getting me through it. I'm experienced. I don't want to say I'm old, but I'm older. So, usually at my age, I would be playing the father on Disney, with the big sweater and coffee mug. But I'm fortunate to have a fantastic team that stabilized me".
He ended by addressing his peers in the Black community, by adding: "The Icon Award is the most important award because it comes from us".
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