The cause of Jamie Foxx's health scare last year will soon be revealed, the actor shared in a recent speech.
Taking the mic at the African American Film Critics Association’s Special Achievement Awards luncheon over the weekend, Foxx explained that he plans to talk about the events, which he has yet to disclose, that led to his hospitalization in April 2023.
“Everybody wants to know what happened, and I’m going to tell you what happened. But I’ve got to do it in my way,” Foxx said, according to Variety. “I’m going to do it in a funny way. We’re going to be on the stage. We’re going to get back to the standup sort of roots.”
“It’ll be called, ‘What Had Happened Was,’ and it’s got all the things that happened, especially on our side of our community,” he added while accepting the producers award alongside his parter Datari Turner.
Foxx also expressed gratitude to be where he is now: “I’m so thankful. And I just get emotional. Because it was really… it’s beyond the scope. Cherish life. I have some people in my life that really made sure I was here because it was dire straits."
At the time of his health scare, Foxx was working on a new movie with Cameron Diaz called "Back in Action." He was seen back on the film's set on Jan. 20.
The Oscar winner last gave an update on his health in December as he accepted the Critics Choice Associations Vanguard Award in Los Angeles — his first public appearance since his hospitalization.
At the time, he revealed that he has a "new respect for life."
“I want to thank everybody. I’ve been through something, I’ve been through some things," the Oscar Winner said. “It’s crazy, I couldn’t do that six months ago. I couldn’t actually walk."
He paused then, appearing to tear up, and crowd encouraged him with cheers.
“It feels good to be here,” he continued. “I cherish every single minute now. It’s different, you know? It’s different. It’s beyond — I wouldn’t wish what went through on my worst enemy because it’s tough when you almost … when it’s almost over, when you see the tunnel.”
“I saw the tunnel, I didn’t see the light!” he joked. “It was hot in that tunnel! I didn’t know what I was doing. S---, am I going to the right place? I see the devil going, ‘C’mon.’”
How is Jamie Foxx doing?
Foxx appeared to be doing well when he attended the African American Film Critics Association’s Special Achievement Awards luncheon. He engaged with the audience, encouraged presenter Tyrese Gibson to sing and even joked about his recent health scare, Variety reported.
Foxx is also doing well enough to return to work. He was photographed on the set of "Back In Action" in January, one of the first times the star had been seen out and about since he experienced an undisclosed medical emergency in April 2023.
On Dec. 4, Foxx made a surprise appearance at the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievement, his first since the incident.
“I want to say thank you so much. I want to say, six months ago I couldn’t fathom that this could happen or that I would be here, but as I walk up here to this microphone and get this Vanguard Award, all I can say is Lord, have mercy, Jesus,” Foxx said at the time.
Foxx thanked people who had supported him throughout his ordeal, and admitted he was “trying not to make eye contact with people because I’m just going to explode up here.”
He also said that his health scare had given him a new outlook on life and his work.
“I have a new respect for life, I have a new respect for my art,” he said. “I watched so many movies and listened to so many songs, trying to have the time go by. Don’t give up on your art, man. Don’t give up on your art.”
Foxx is 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."
What happened to Jamie Foxx?
In April, Foxx was hospitalized in Atlanta after experiencing a “medical complication,” his daughter, Corinne Foxx, shared in a statement at the time. He was then working on the film "Back in Action" alongside Glenn Close and Cameron Diaz.
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.”
Foxx has not disclosed the details of his illness.
In May, Corinne Foxx shared that her father had been out of the hospital "for weeks" and was at home recuperating. “In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support!” she said at the time.
In July, Foxx updated his followers about his hospitalization in an emotional Instagram video.
“I cannot even begin to tell you how far it took me and how it brought me back,” he said. “I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through. I know a lot of people were waiting or wanting to hear updates, but to be honest with you, I just didn’t want you to see me like that.
“I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie (or) television show. I didn’t want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it through,” he continued.
He also opened up about feeling emotional following his health ordeal.
“If you see me out from now on and every once in a while, I just burst into tears, it’s because it’s been tough, man,” he said. “I’ve been sick, man. But now, I’ve got my legs under me, so you’re going to see me out.”