June 10, 2025
‘I say this on a regular basis, thanks to Black individuals and the Black award, as a result of that is what actually counts. Lots of people suppose just like the Oscars is the most important factor, and we acquired to stop considering like that.’
After surviving a life-threatening hospital keep slightly over two years in the past, comic Jamie Foxx tearfully acknowledged his second likelihood in life and thanked Black individuals whereas accepting the 2025 BET Final Icon Award on June 9.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, the multitalented entertainer, in accepting his award, tearfully broke down and said that he’s not gonna “flip down” his second likelihood after being in a coma from a well being scare suffered in 2023. In April 2023, his daughter, Corinne Foxx, revealed to the world that her father had a “medical complication” that despatched the Hollywood star to the hospital.
“I can not even start to specific the love that I really feel from everyone on the market,” Foxx advised the group on the awards present. “I gotta be sincere, once I noticed the In Memoriam, I used to be like, man, it might have been me. I don’t know why I went via what I went via, however I do know my second likelihood, I’m not gonna flip down.”
He thanked Black individuals for his or her prayers and the assist throughout his well being points, expressing that when he was capable of carry out a stand-up live performance, he made certain it was in entrance of a Black viewers.
“And I’m gonna do proper in entrance of y’all ’trigger I do know quite a lot of instances after we get on, we neglect about the place we come from. After I did my particular, it was in entrance of Black individuals. Black individuals have been those that stated, ‘Man, we acquired you.’ To not say that white individuals can’t pray both. I do know that sounds bizarre, however y’all know what I’m saying. It’s such as you guys held me down, and I don’t need to make this entire speech about that, however you may’t undergo one thing like that and never testify.”
Foxx additionally acknowledged that the BET Awards have been an even bigger prize than the Oscar he acquired beforehand.
“I say this on a regular basis, thanks to Black individuals and the Black award, as a result of that is what actually counts. Lots of people suppose just like the Oscars is the most important factor, and we acquired to stop considering like that. And that’s coming from an individual who received an Oscar, I used to be nominated twice, however the Icon Award is an important award as a result of it comes from us.”
Jamie Foxx thanks the Black group for the Final Icon award and says the #BETAwards honor means extra to him than the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/FjTVkUovri
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 10, 2025
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