Jamie Foxx breaks down in tears over his stroke during emotional BET Awards 2025 speech
The Oscar winner, 57, broke down in tears as he reflected on his 2023 near-fatal stroke while accepting the Ultimate Icon Honor at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday.
'Man, we used to take this thing for granted—that God is good, all the time. I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there,' Foxx said while getting choked up.
8 Jamie Foxx during his speech at the 2025 BET Awards on June 9.
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'I gotta be honest — when I saw the 'in memoriam', I was like, man, that could have been me,' he added through tears. '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 'Back in Action' star recalled that he asked God for 'one more crack' at life.
8 Jamie Foxx speaks on stage at the BET Awards.
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8 Jamie Foxx wipes away tears while reflecting on his stroke.
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8 Jamie Foxx crying about his stroke at the 2025 BET Awards.
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'I said whatever reason you put this on me, I promise I'mma do right,' he shared. I'mma do right in front of y'all, because I know a lot of times, when we get on we forget about where we come from.'
Foxx went on to shout out his 'beautiful' daughter Corinne, 31, who was in the audience with her sister Anelise, 16, for supporting him during his health crisis.
8 Jamie Foxx with his daughters Annalise and Corinne at the 2025 BET Awards.
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'You've always taken a backseat to everything. But when you needed to drive it, you drove,' said Foxx. 'And you made sure I was here. And at a certain point, I'm going to stop crying, but I'm not going to stop yet.'
The comedian also emotionally recalled how Anelise was by his side while he was close to death in the hospital.
8 Annalise Bishop and Corinne Foxx embrace their dad at the 2025 BET Awards.
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'When I was fighting for my life in there, they said, 'We're going to lose him because his vitals are bad,'' Foxx told the audience. 'And I didn't want my 14 year old to see me like that. But Anelise overheard the conversation and she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar and said, 'I know what my Daddy needs.''
'And as she played the guitar, my vitals (improved),' he recalled. 'And I realized God was in her guitar. The nurses ran in and said, 'What did they give him?' My daughter said, 'Shh, I've got him.''
8 Jamie Foxx nearly died of a stroke in 2023.
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Foxx was hospitalized in April 2023 due to a brain bleed caused him to have a stroke.
In his 2024 Netflix stand-up special, 'What Had Happened Was,' Foxx explained that he had 'a bad headache' before he woke up in a wheelchair in the hospital after losing 20 days of memory.
8 Jamie Foxx in a selfie.
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The 'Ray' star called his recovery period 'the worst year' of his life.
But Foxx has since made a career comeback. He even earned a Golden Globe nomination for his comedy special.
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