Jamie Foxx shared his first video since being launched from the hospital after struggling an undisclosed medical downside earlier this 12 months. In his Instagram put up, the place he up to date followers about his well being journey, Foxx obtained an outpouring of assist from followers and fellow celebrities.
Many former co-stars left supportive messages on his Instagram put up. Will Smith, who starred with Foxx in “Ali,” the 2001 movie about boxer Muhammad Ali, wrote: “Awww Man!! Who’s cuttin’ onions?? Love U Foxx!! Your Mild Is Wanted ‘n Appreciated Proper Now!”
Glenn Shut, who just lately labored with Foxx on the movie “Again in Motion,” mentioned in a remark the final time she noticed Foxx was “a sunny day while you had been laughing, throwing a soccer, graciously letting some extras take selfies with you…giving your coronary heart, soul and pleasure utterly within the second.”
“Thank God you might be again!” the actor wrote. “Thank God your loved ones gave you the love and safety you wanted to heal.”
“God is GOOD!!!!!!!! Sending love Jamie,” commented actor Viola Davis, who starred alongside Foxx in 2009’s “Legislation Abiding Citizen.”
“We LOVE you J ❤️❤️❤️ god is nice!!!!” wrote actor and actuality star Garcelle Beauvais, who starred on “The Jamie Foxx Present,” which ran from 1996 to 2001.
“I like you brother!!” commented Michael B. Jordan, who starred with Foxx in “Simply Mercy.”
Within the video, Foxx, 55, thanked his daughter, Corrine, sister, Deidra Dixon, and the medical professionals who helped him. “I went by one thing that I believed I might by no means ever undergo,” he mentioned.
“I do know lots of people had been ready, you understand, wanting to listen to updates, however to be trustworthy with you, I simply did not need you to see me … with tubes working out of me and attempting to determine if I used to be going to make it by,” he mentioned.
He additionally mentioned he is ready to work once more and debunked rumors that unfold after his daughter, Corrine, introduced he was hospitalized in April. “Some folks mentioned I used to be blind, however as you’ll be able to see the eyes are working, the eyes are working simply fantastic. Mentioned I used to be paralyzed, I am not paralyzed, however I did undergo – I went to hell and again,” he mentioned.
Corrine additionally commented on the video: “I like you Dad.”
A number of different stars additionally commented on the put up. “To God, household, and prayer. I like you brother,” wrote musician Lenny Kravitz.
“I am gonna bear hug the f*** outta you after I see you once more,” wrote Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
“Love you bro ❤️ Keep sturdy 🙏” Paris Hilton commented.
In all, the put up obtained greater than 1.8 million likes and greater than 192,000 feedback, many messages of assist for the actor.
Whereas Foxx had stored a low profile since his hospitalization, he had been noticed in Chicago, the place he carried out an act of kindness earlier this month, giving a lady the shock of a lifetime.
Queeni Glenn, who was within the metropolis to assist her sister, who’s battling breast most cancers, informed CBS Chicago she was using a pedicab and did not notice she had dropped her bag. That is when Foxx turned her savior.
“I feel my bag needed to fall out of the carriage in some type of bizarre manner. I did not even realize it was gone till a black SUV rolled up beside me, and the man rolled the window down and proceeded to step out of the automobile,” she mentioned. “However as he was stepping out, I noticed that is my bag. On the identical time, I noticed that — that is Jamie Foxx!”
She walked over to Foxx, who handed her the bag. “A nice smile and I simply thanked him and, I do not know, it was identical to, what? He seems good, and he mentioned he was good. I requested him, is he feeling good? And he mentioned, ‘I really feel good.'”
