BET Awards: Jamie Foxx dankt Gott, der ihm eine „zweite Chance“ nach gesundheitlicher Angst gegeben hat

>The actor-comedian-singer struggled to hold back tears during his speech as he thanked God for giving him a “second chance” following his health emergency in April 2023. He revealed in his Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, that he had suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke.

>“I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there,” Foxx began after accepting the award. “I gotta be honest, when I saw the In Memoriam, I was like, man, it could have been me. I don’t know why I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance, I’m not gonna turn down.”

>“I have so much love to give. I told him [God], I said, man, just give me one more crack at this,” Foxx continued as his eyes filled with tears. “I said, for whatever reason you put this on me, I promise I’m gonna do right. And I’m gonna do right in front of y’all ’cause I know a lot of times when we get on, we forget about where we come from. When I did my special, it was in front of Black people. Black people were the ones that said, man, we got you. Not to say that white people can’t pray either. I know that sounds weird, but y’all know what I’m saying. It’s like you guys held me down, and I don’t want to make this whole speech about that, but you can’t go through something like that and not testify.”

>The Oscar-winning actor also showed his appreciation for his daughters, Corinne and Anelise, for helping him through his tough recovery and making “sure I was here.”

It wasn’t God. It was doctors and nurses.