Jamie Foxx Addresses Being Hit in Face With Glass: ‘The Devil Is Busy’

Jamie Foxx has issued a response to the news that he was reportedly involved in a physical altercation on Friday (Dec. 13).

According to TMZ, the Academy Award winner was hosting a birthday dinner at Mr. Chow’s in Beverly Hills when a table nearby was “being rude and vulgar” to Foxx, who asked them to stop while in the presence of his family. A commotion was caused when the actor, comedian and singer was allegedly struck in the mouth with a glass by someone from the neighboring table, causing Foxx to get stitches. A source also told TMZ that Foxx left the scene before police arrived at 10 p.m., but that his name was listed for contact.

On Sunday, Dec. 15, Foxx addressed the reports on Instagram, posting a message that read, “The devil is busy… but I’m too blessed to be stressed.”

“The devil is a lie. Can’t win here… thank you to everybody that pray and check on me… when your light is shining bright… they try to bring you darkness … but they don’t know that you’re built for it…” he captioned the post.

It continued, “the lights have been shining bright… and huge thank yous to everyone that have watched and been inspired by “What Had Happened Was” … number 1 on @netflix if you haven’t checked it out please go check it out it’s from my heart and my soul…”

A spokesperson for Foxx confirmed to PEOPLE that Foxx was “recovering” after someone “threw a glass that hit him in the mouth.”

The incident took place just three days after the premiere of Foxx’s Netflix comedy special, What Had Happened Was, where he revealed that last year, he was hospitalized after a brain bleed caused him to have a stroke. Like his reported fight, Foxx also blamed the health emergency on “the devil,” joking that it was actually Diddy, who’s currently in jail on charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.

“I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light,” Foxx said on the special. “I was in that tunnel though. It was hot in that tunnel. Shit, am I goin’ to the wrong place in this motherfucker? Because I looked at the end of the tunnel and I thought I saw the devil like, ‘Come on, n***a.’ Or is that Puffy? I’m fucking around. But if it was Puffy he had, like, a flaming bottle of Johnson…Naw, I’m just kidding.”