Jamie Foxx Clears Up Rumors About His Health Scare in Emotional Video

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00:00 I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through."

00:05 Jamie Foxx speaking out about his recent hospitalization.

00:08 "I've been lucky.

00:10 You never know what the future's going to be, but I stay honest with it."

00:13 The actor, who faced an undisclosed health scare in April, assures fans he's on the mend,

00:19 sharing a three-minute video to Instagram on Saturday.

00:22 "I did go through.

00:23 I went to hell and back.

00:25 And my road to recovery had some potholes as well.

00:29 But I'm coming back and I'm able to work."

00:36 He thanks fans for all the support he's gotten since facing the medical condition, and explains

00:41 why he waited until now to open up about the frightening experience.

00:44 "I know a lot of people were waiting, you know, or wanting to hear updates.

00:49 But to be honest with you, I just didn't want you to see me like that, man.

00:53 You know, I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, cracking a joke, doing

00:58 a movie, television show.

01:00 I didn't want you to see me with tubes running out of me and trying to figure out if I was

01:13 going to make it through."

01:16 While Jamie still doesn't disclose details about what happened, he says his life was

01:21 saved all thanks to his sister Deidra Dixon and daughter, Corrine Fox.

01:26 "Corrine, listen, you are absolutely a light, so beautiful.

01:30 I love you and you're the greatest."

01:31 "I cannot tell you how great it feels to have your family kick in in such a way.

01:36 And y'all know they kept it airtight, they didn't let nothing out.

01:40 They protected me.

01:41 And that's what I hoped that everyone could have in moments like these."

01:46 But he adds keeping things low-key fueled rumors about the status of his recovery, which

01:51 he takes a moment to debunk.

01:52 "Some people said I was blind, but as you can see, the eyes are working just fine.

02:01 They said I was paralyzed.

02:03 I'm not paralyzed."

02:04 Jamie also gets visibly emotional near the end of the clip, reflecting on making it through

02:10 the tough time.

02:12 "And man, you know, I know they talk about people crying on videos.

02:17 You know, you could do take two, but I'm not going to do a take two.

02:20 It is what it is.

02:21 And if you see me out from now on and every once in a while I just burst into tears, it's

02:28 because it's been tough, man.

02:32 I was sick, man.

02:33 But now I got my legs under me, so you're going to see me out."

02:37 The star has wasted no time getting back to work.

02:41 "Hollywood, this is where it really counts, where people get a chance to really see you."

02:46 A source telling ET the star was in the studio last week with BET and GM to shoot a campaign

02:51 in great spirits and having a good time, adding he didn't show any signs of his recent health

02:57 scare.

02:58 "I think what you do is you keep going and then great things will happen."

03:02 Plus ET's learned as Jamie's getting back to being himself, he's very much looking

03:07 forward to the future.

03:08 "I'm here on earth because of some great people.

03:09 I'm here on earth because of God, man.

03:10 So I love all y'all.

03:11 I just wanted to jump on here and let you know that I'm on my way back.

03:19 And love."

03:20 - ET

03:21 "I'm on my way back."

03:21 - Jamie

03:22 "I'm on my way back."

03:22 - ET

03:23 "I'm on my way back."

03:23 (dramatic music)

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