Emotional Jamie Foxx candidly opened up on his health struggle and says his loyal sister ‘saved’ his life.
The 55-year-old Oscar winner put together a three-minute recording last night as he detailed his health battle – and told fans he has been ‘to hell and back’.
Following his hospitalisation in April, Jamie is thought to have had to spent time in a physical rehab centre and now says he didn’t know if he’d make it out.
There have been a number of different updates about his recovery from those close to him in the months that followed, with it was recently claimed that Jamie was ‘still not himself’.
The actor says the time is right to speak about his recovery and explained he is now in a better place in the emotional video.
In the heartbreaking clip, Jamie explained he was determined to dismiss speculation and his ‘eyes are working just fine’ – moving them from side to side and insisted he is ‘not paralysed’, despite some claims.
A tearful Jamie said: ‘I went through something I never thought I would go through. I know a lot of people were waiting or wanting to hear an update, but to be honest with you, I didn’t want you to see me like that man.
‘I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, [or] a 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 says he may not still be here if it wasn’t for sister Deidra Dixon and daughter Corinne, 29.
‘To them, to God, to a lot of great medical people, I’m able to leave you this video,’ the star added.
‘I cannot tell you how great it feels to have your family kick in in such a way, and y’all know they kept it airtight, they didn’t let nothing out, they protected me, and that’s what I hope that everyone could have in moments like these.
‘I just want to say I love everybody and I love all the love that I got.’
He went on: ‘If you see me out from now on and every once in a while I just burst into tears, it’s just because it’s been tough, man. I was sick, man. But now I got my legs under me, so you’re gonna see me out.’
An emotional Jamie then became tearful as the actor added: ‘Man, I know they talk about people crying on videos… but I’m not going to do a take two, it is what is is.
‘Like I said, I want you to remember me for the jokes that I crack and the movies that I make — some of them good, some of them ain’t, and songs that I sing.
‘I’m here on earth because of some great people. I’m here on Earth because of God, man,’ the performer concluded. ‘I’m on way back’.
Jamie was recently spotted filming a commercial in Las Vegas this week, lifting fans as he returned to work.
It’s the first time he’s been back in front of the camera since April as Jamie shared images of the campaign to his own Instagram as he teased ‘big things’ are coming soon.
His latest movie, They Cloned Tyrone is out on Netflix now.
It features pal John Boyega, 31, who had revealed Jamie hadn’t been very talkative in the months that followed his hospital dash.
