American actor Jamie Foxx, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles, made his first public appearance in Hollywood after a health problem left him unable to walk six months ago, AFP and Agerpres reported on Wednesday.

Jamie Foxx’s first public appearance since the accident in AprilPhoto: Blackfilmandtv-Local News X-TMX / The Mega Agency / Profimedia

The star, who made a surprise appearance at the Film and Television Awards in Los Angeles on Monday night, said she has “been through a lot”.

“This is madness. Six months ago, I couldn’t even do this, I couldn’t walk,” he admitted to the audience, without clarifying the nature of the health problem that befell him.

Jamie Foxx, real name Eric Marlon Bishop, first addressed the issue in a video in July, saying he was “back from hell.”

Suffering from “medical complications”, the 55-year-old actor was rushed in April to a medical facility in Georgia, in the southern United States, where he was filming for lmovie Back in actionalongside Cameron Diaz for Netflix.

His daughter Corinne Fox tried to dispel the rumors a month later, saying on Instagram that her father “has been out of the hospital for a few weeks and is (recovering)”.

Jamie Foxx has recently been at the center of controversy

In November, a sexual assault complaint was filed against Jamie Foxx in New York for alleged conduct dating back to 2015.

The plaintiff, who remains anonymous and has been identified as Jane Doe, alleges that Fox “intentionally and without consent used force to offensively touch her,” including groping her breasts and genitals. The complaint alleges that Jamie Foxx appeared “drunk” during the incident.

As a result, the complaint states that the woman suffered and continues to suffer “physical and emotional trauma, anxiety, stress, embarrassment and economic harm” and seeks an unspecified amount.

The complaint comes after the American actor removed a post about Jesus from his Instagram in September, which was the subject of sharp criticism on the grounds that it perpetuated anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Jamie Foxx won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005 for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the biopic. Ray. At the same time, he was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Pledgethe same year, and made an impression as a slave who gains freedom in Quentin Tarantino’s western Django is released.