Jamie Foxx receives BET Ultimate Icon Award, Delivers Emotional Speech on His Health Recovery
Award-winning actor and musician Jamie Foxx delivered a deeply emotional and heartfelt speech after he was presented the 'Ultimate Icon' award during the BET Awards 2025 ceremony, opening up publicly about his health scare, his miraculous recovery, and the unshakable support of his family and the Black community. “ God is good, all the time. And all the time, God is good, ” Foxx began, referencing the popular phrase with renewed conviction. “ I used to take that saying for granted, ” he admitted. “ But after what I’ve been through, I can’t stay quiet. I have to testify. ” According to a report from The Independent, Foxx s uffe red a brain bleed that led to a stroke and was unconscious for several weeks, and had lack of memory from the time he was hospitalized in 2023 . H e referenced a life-threatening medical emergency that he narrowly survived. “ When I saw the memoriam, I was like, man, it could have been me, ” he said, choking back emoti...