Jamie Foxx delivers heartfelt speech at BET Awards thanking daughters who helped his stroke recovery

Jamie Foxx let the tears flow while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award at the BET Awards on June 9.After being introduced by Stevie Wonder, the Oscar winner opened on a note of gratitude.“Man, we used to take this thing for granted — that God is good,” he began his speech.“I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there,” he continued

Jamie Foxx let the tears flow while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award at the BET Awards on June 9.

After being introduced by Stevie Wonder, the Oscar winner opened on a note of gratitude.

“Man, we used to take this thing for granted — that God is good,” he began his speech.

“I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there,” he continued.

BET Ultimate Icon Award recipient Jamie Foxx during the 2025 BET Awards, in Los Angeles, on Monday.Michael Tran / AFP - Getty ImagesFoxx, who revealed in his 2024 Netflix special “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...” that he had suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke in 2023, expressed appreciation at his good fortune, noting he thought there was a time he could’ve been included in the show’s in memoriam segment.