Jamie Foxx didn’t hold back in his BET Awards 2025 acceptance speech Monday. The actor broke down while telling awards show attendees about the stroke he suffered in April 2023. The Oscar winner, 57, noted that the “In Memoriam” segment made him emotional because “that could have been [him].”

Jamie Foxx is grateful to be standing on stage more than two years after his life was almost taken from him. The famous actor broke down in tears while accepting his Ultimate Icon Award at the 2025 BET Awards on Monday,