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December 5, 2023

By Marlene Lenthang, NBC News

“It feels good to be here. I cherish every single minute now,” Foxx said at a Critics Choice Association event in Los Angeles on Monday.

Jaime Foxx accepts the “Vanguard Award” onstage during The Critics Choice Association’s Celebration Of Cinema & Television in Los Angeles on Monday. (Leon Bennett / Getty Images)

Jamie Foxx became emotional as he opened up about his hospitalization for a mystery illness earlier this year, revealing Monday at a Critics Choice Association event that he was at one point unable to walk.

The CCA’s Celebration of Cinema & Television Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements in Los Angeles marked his first public appearance since his April hospitalization.

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Foxx experienced an unspecified medical emergency while working on the film “Back in Action” alongside Glenn Close and Cameron Diaz in Atlanta in April and since then has kept out of the public eye.

In July, he took to Instagram to describe the ordeal, saying he “went to hell and back” but was “coming back.”

See Foxx’s emotional speech about the life-changing experience in the full article.

Foxx is a longtime A-lister, but his status doesn’t safeguard him from online racist abuse.

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