Jamie Foxx has spoken for the first time about a medical emergency that he says was so serious he wasn't sure he was going to make it.
The actor posted a video on Instagram Friday night, emotionally opening up about the suffering he went through and why he kept the specifics about his medical condition under wrpas.
Jamie said, “I cannot even begin to tell you how far it took me and how it brought me back. I went through something that I thought I would never, ever go through.” As for why he waited so long to talk ... Jamie said he didn't want anyone to see him with tubes coming out of his body, adding,"I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing a movie, a television show."
Jamie shut down online rumors he was paralyzed and blind, while acknowledging he went to"hell and back," but is now able to work despite hitting some potholes in his recovery.He then gave a shout out to his daughter, Corinne, and his sister, Deondra Dixon, for staying by his side throughout his recent health struggles after his family said he suffered a"medical complication" in April and had to be hospitalized, but he was recently released.
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