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Jamie Foxx breaks down in tears at splashy event causing his KIDS to cry too
Jamie Foxx, 57, broke down in tears as he accepted the Ultimate Icon Award, at the BET Awards on Monday night in Los Angeles.
'Man, we used to take this saying for granted — that God is good,' the Oscar winner said as he began his touching speech.
'God is good,' he said again, to which the audience reacted, saying 'All the time.'
'All the time,' Foxx repeated, to which the crowd shouted back 'God is good.'
'I cannot even begin to express the love that I feel from everybody out there,' he continued, accepting the award presented by Stevie Wonder, 75.
'I gotta be honest, when I saw the in memoriam..... that could have been me,' the Ray star explained breaking down, as a cutaway shot showed his two daughters, Corrine, 31, and Anelise, 16 fighting back their own tears.
'I don't know why I went what I went through what I went through, but I know my second chance I'm not going to turn down... I have so much love to give.'
Speaking of the conversation he had with his higher power during his near- fatal brain bleed that lead to a stroke, he said, 'I told him, I said, "Man, bro, just give me one more crack at this and I promise"... I said, "Whatever reason you put this on me, I promise Imma do right."'
He then told the audience, 'And Imma do right in front of y'all, 'cause I know a lot of times, when we get on, we forget where we come from.'
The actor said when he produced his Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Happened Was... 'it was in front of Black people. Black people was the one that said, "man, we got you."
'Not to say that white people can't pray either,' he added, which got a laugh from the audience.
'I know that sounds weird, but you know what I'm saying,' he continued, 'but you can't go through something like that and not testify.'
He broke out in song, using his impression of Ray Charles to sing a few lines from his song I Got A Woman.
After thanking his team for standing by him, he continued, saying, 'thank you to Black people and the Black award, because this is what really counts. A lot of people think the Oscars, is like, the biggest thing, and we gotta quick thinking like that. The Icon Award is the most important award because it comes from us.'
Foxx, who won the Oscar in 2005, said the Ultimate Icon award was 'the most important award because it comes from us'
The Back in Action star then thanked his family. 'I have to thank my sister Deirdre, who's in the audience right now. When I went through what I was going through she shut it down and she made sure that she took care of her brother,' giving the 'little girl from Dallas' credit for doing hair and makeup on 'all the Marvel films.'
'My beautiful daughter Corrine, I cannot say enough about you,' he said. 'You've always taken the backseat to everything, but when you needed to drive it, you drove., and you made sure I was here...., adding, 'at a certain point I'm going to stop crying, but I'm not going to stop crying just yet.'
'Analise Estelle Foxx, my baby with the big hair. She hides under that hair, 'cause she's got something special,' he said, sharing the story of how the teen snuck into his hospital room to play guitar for him. 'I realized God was in that guitar,' he explained of his miraculous recovery.
'God is good, and all the time,' he concluded with the same call and response with which he began his speech.
