US actor Jamie Foxx made his first public appearance in Hollywood since a strange medical incident six months ago, telling an award presentation that he couldn’t even walk six months ago.
In an unexpected appearance Monday night at the Critics’ Choice Association’s Celebration of Cinema and Television in Los Angeles, Foxx claimed he had “been through some things.”
“It’s crazy. I couldn’t do that six months ago, I couldn’t actually walk,” he told the audience.
“I wouldn’t wish what I went through on my worst enemy, because it’s tough when you almost… when it’s almost over, when you see the tunnel,” Foxx added.
The Oscar winner did not elaborate on the nature of the illness, which occurred in April in Georgia, where he was filming a Netflix project.
But he joked: “I saw the tunnel, I didn’t see the light! It was hot in that tunnel too. I don’t know what was going on… ‘Shit, am I going to the right place?’ I see the devil going, ‘C’mon!’”
Foxx, an actor, comedian, and Grammy-winning singer, received an Academy Award nomination in 2005 for his performance in the Ray Charles musical biography “Ray.”
He was in Georgia earlier this year filming “Back in Action,” co-starring Cameron Diaz.
In a July Instagram statement, Foxx admitted to having been “to hell and back,” and that his “road to recovery had some potholes as well.”
Foxx was accused of sexual assault last month as part of a flurry of claims filed in New York before the statute of limitations expired.
The alleged victim, named only as Jane Doe, claimed Foxx touched her at a Manhattan rooftop bar in 2015.
Monday’s award ceremony honored Black, Latino and Asian American performers who have appeared in movies contending for prizes this year.
Foxx received the Vanguard Award for “The Burial,” a legal drama co-starring Tommy Lee Jones.
Other honorees on Monday night included America Ferrera (“Barbie”), Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”) and Colman Domingo (“The Color Purple.”)