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Jamie Foxx Says He "Saw the Tunnel" Following Health Scare
Jamie Foxx hasn't said a lot about the "medical complication"—as his household called it—that helium experienced successful April 2023.
But helium shared a fewer much harrowing details astir that still-unspecified wellness scare with a radical of radical astatine an lawsuit successful downtown Phoenix, according to The Art of Dialogue, which posted a snippet of undated video of the speech to X (formerly Twitter).
Foxx fell sick portion helium was successful Atlanta to movie the Netflix movie Back successful Action, costarring Cameron Diaz successful her archetypal relation since they were successful 2014's Annie together.
On April 11, 2023, the Oscar victor had a "bad headache," helium shared successful the clip. "Asked my lad for an Advil."
Foxx snapped his fingers. "I was gone for 20 days," helium said. "I don't retrieve anything."
He said that his sister Deidra Dixon and girl Corinne Foxx took him to a doc who gave him a cortisone shot. Then, helium continued, a 2nd doc told him, "'There's thing going connected up there.'"
Foxx pointed to his head.
"I won't accidental it connected camera," the Django Unchained star added. "But it was…"
He trailed disconnected with a shrug.
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But the 56-year-old mightiness inactive beryllium moving retired however helium wants to archer the full story.
"PRINCE singing the Brady Bunch taxable opus was a moment… I’m readying connected bringing much moments," Foxx captioned a throwback video of himself impersonating Prince warbling a communicative of a beauteous woman and a antheral named Brady. "Going to get connected somebody's signifier determination adjacent you. I got immoderate jokes, and a communicative to tell… #backonmyfunnys--t."
The Beat Shazam host had thanked his sister for redeeming him successful an Aug. 1 day post, penning connected Instagram, "'D'… you are magical you are beauteous you are the courageous lionesses #leoseason And without you I would not beryllium here… had you not made the decisions that you made I would've mislaid my life…. I emotion you everlastingly and ever."
While he's ne'er shared his nonstop diagnosis, Foxx has said that his information took distant his quality to walk astatine 1 point.
"It's crazy, I couldn't bash that six months ago," helium said, making a astonishment quality to judge the Vanguard Award astatine the Choice Association‘s Celebration of Cinema & Television Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements successful December. "I couldn't really walk."
Thanking everyone successful the room, helium continued, "I've been done something. I've been done immoderate things."
"I cherish each azygous infinitesimal present — it's different," Foxx added. "I wouldn't privation what I went done connected my worst force due to the fact that it's pugnacious erstwhile it's astir over. When you spot the tunnel, I saw the passageway — I didn't spot the light."
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Which makes his instrumentality to enactment each the much miraculous-sounding.
Though accumulation connected the aptly named Back successful Action was delayed during Foxx's ordeal, Diaz said they had a large clip moving unneurotic again—contrary to rumors they butted heads.
"Jamie is the best, I emotion that feline truthful much," the Charlie's Angels star said connected the Dec. 19 episode of the Lipstick connected the Rim with Molly Sims podcast. "He's specified a peculiar person, and he's truthful talented, truthful overmuch fun. I truly hatred each the things that were being said astir our set, which astatine the clip you conscionable privation to shriek astatine the apical of your lungs like, 'Guys! What are you talking about?'"
Calling him "a nonrecreational connected each level," Diaz said that, erstwhile they were connected set, they were "on it."
They experienced mean "hiccups" during production, she noted, "but thing got delayed different than evidently towards the end, and that's not my spot to talk about."
She did say, however, that Foxx was "thriving."
And helium conscionable mightiness beryllium moving connected caller worldly that volition truly thrust location however acold he's come.
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