Jamie Foxx commanded attention in a bright orange jacket to sweetly sign autographs for fans in Malibu on Friday, after he opened up about his mystery illness.
The American actor and singer, 56, interacted with fans at the Malibu Chili Cook Off, which he attended with friends and family.
He wore a white fedora, a Celine black T-shirt, white trainers, and a shiny black cross-body bag.
Finishing his look with lightly tinted sunglasses, the Not Another Church Movie actor looked in high spirits.
In July, Jamie finally broke his silence on what led to his mysterious hospitalisation in April 2023.
Jamie Foxx, 56, donned a bright orange jacket to sweetly sign autographs for fans in Malibu on Friday after he opened up about his mystery illness
The American actor and singer interacted with fans at the Malibu Chili Cook Off he attended with friends and family
He wore a white fedora, a Celine black T-shirt, white trainers, and a shiny black cross-body bag, finishing his look with lightly tinted sunglasses
Jamie was hospitalized for an unspecified medical emergency while filming Back in Action with Cameron Diaz in Atlanta – with the star later revealing he was left unable to walk and ‘saw the tunnel but not the light’ as he battled for survival.
He was filmed in Phoenix in July opening up to fans about his his medical emergency, revealing it began with ‘a bad headache’ which saw him ‘ask for Advil’ – before he woke up almost three weeks later with no memory of what had happened.
Oscar- and Grammy-winner Jamie snapped his fingers and said: ‘I was gone for 20 days,’ as fans around him gasped.
The Ray star said that his sister and daughter took him to his ‘first doctor’ recalling: ‘Next doctor said, “[There’s] something going on up there”‘ – while pointing at his head.
He then said: ‘I won’t say it on camera.’
In December 2023, Jamie revealed he ‘saw the tunnel but not the light’ as he opened up about his near-death experience during his first public appearance since his shock health scare at the Critics Choice Association’s event.
The actor was visibly moved as he accepted the Vanguard Award in a 12-minute speech at the association’s Celebration of Cinema & Television: Honoring Black, Latino and AAPI Achievements in Los Angeles.
Jamie admitted that he could not ‘walk’ six months earlier, according to Deadline, though he refrained from revealing too many details about the medical crisis that put him in the hospital.
In April 2023, Jamie was hospitalised for an unspecified medical emergency – with the star later revealing he was left unable to walk (pictured February 2023)
The illness occurred while he was filming spy comedy Back In Action with Cameron Diaz – which he was able to return to filming and is set for release on Netflix on November 15
‘You know, it’s crazy, I couldn’t do that six months ago,’ he said after strutting across the stage to the microphone. ‘I couldn’t actually walk.’
‘I want to thank everybody. I’ve been through something, I’ve been through some things,’ he said to thunderous applause.
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‘I cherish every single minute now — it’s different,’ he continued. ‘I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy because it’s tough when it’s almost over … when you see the tunnel. I saw the tunnel — I didn’t see the light.
‘It was hot in that tunnel too, I don’t know where I was going. ‘S**t, am I going to the right place?’”
In his speech, he also made light of some of the baseless conspiracy theories that spread while he was hospitalized and then out of the public eye for several months.
‘I’m not a clone, I’m not a clone. I know a lot of people who was saying I was cloned out there.’
‘I have a new respect for life. I have a new respect for my art,’ he added toward the end of his speech.
Jamie also shared his praise and thanks for his family, including his sister and daughter, for how they had helped to care for him while he was recuperating.
In December 2023, Jamie revealed he ‘saw the tunnel but not the light’ at the Critics Choice Association’s event – his first public appearance since his illness
Jamie was given his award at the start of the show, but unlike the rest of the recipients, his honor was not announced ahead of time
He also told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘I have a new respect for life, I have a new respect for my art. I watched so many movies and listened to so many songs trying to have the time go by.
‘Don’t give up on your art, man, don’t give up on your art. When you realize that it could be over like that… I got to tell you don’t give up on your art and don’t let them take the art from you either.”
Foxx initially returned to Instagram on May 3 to thank his followers with a text post. ‘Appreciate all the love!!! Feeling blessed,’ he wrote at the time.
A source told USWeekly: ‘Jamie is doing so much better and he’s starting to feel like himself again.
‘He’s not 100 percent and is still taking things easy, but he’s definitely on the road to recovery.’
They added that Jamie ‘has a huge support system around him and his friends and family are making sure that he doesn’t take on too much.’
‘Foxx is feeling really good and is excited to get back to work once the time is right.’
In July, Jamie took to Instagram to give a detailed update on his recovery for the first time, thanking his fans and God
In April, Jamie said he plans on revealing the details about his health scare in an upcoming comedy special (pictured with daughter Corinne in 2020)
He returned to work on both Beat Shazam and his Netflix film Back in Action.
Jamie plays Matt alongside Cameron as Emily, who came out of retirement to star in the film, her first since 2014’s Annie, also starring Foxx.
Their characters are retired CIA spies who put the life of espionage away to start their family.
They are, ‘unexpectedly pulled back into the world of international espionage when their cover is blown,’ according to the description.
Filming resumed filming of this movie on January 21 and it is set for release on November 15 this year,
In April, Foxx said he plans on revealing the details about his health scare in an upcoming comedy special.
His daughter Corrine, 30 – who stars alongside her father on the Fox series Beat Shazam – recently told ET he’s doing ‘amazing’ while picking up a new hobby: pickleball.
‘He’s doing so great, he’s doing amazing. I’m so grateful to be able to work on (Beat Shazam) with him and spend so much time with him,’ she said.
Jamie’s daughter Corrine, 30 – who stars alongside him on Fox series Beat Shazam – recently told ET he’s doing ‘amazing’ while picking up a new hobby: pickleball (both pictured in 2022)
Corrine continued: ‘He’s playing a lot of pickleball! That man and pickleball; it’s like he’s playing twice a day every day. It’s a whole thing. He’s fully in it.’
In January, the rising star got engaged to her film producer boyfriend of six years Joe Hooten, and she has revealed how her fiancé won her father over during a Hawaii trip.
She shared: ‘We were in Hawai’i on a snorkeling tour and none of my family knows how to swim. So, we’re all in the middle of the ocean [and] everyone starts drowning.
‘One by one, my fiancé dived in, brought some back, dived in brought some back. My dad said, “He’s a keeper! He saved the family.”‘