Hollywood star, Jamie Foxx has revealed the cause of his hospital admission in April last year.
The ‘Django Unchained’ star stated that he’d suffered a “brain bleed that led to a stroke”.
He disclosed that he had a bad headache one day and asked for an aspirin but before he could take it, he “went out (blacked out). I don’t remember 20 days”.
At the time, his daughter Corinne Foxx said he had experienced a “medical complication” but the family did not share details about his health issues.
In an emotional chat with the audience for Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, recorded in Atlanta, the city where he was working when he fell ill, Foxx said he was initially sent home by medics after being given a cortisone injection.
His sister then came over to see him and felt that he wasn’t himself so she took him in her car to Piedmont Hospital.
It was then that a doctor told him he was having a brain bleed that had led to a stroke, adding: “If I don’t go in his head right now, we’re going to lose him.”
He said his sister prayed the whole time during his operation outside the theatre, adding that Doctors couldn’t locate the origin of the brain bleed.
“Your life doesn’t flash before your face, it was kind of oddly peaceful, I saw a tunnel, but I didn’t see the light. It was hot in that tunnel, am I going to the wrong place?”
Jamie Foxx
Foxx said the doctor told his family: “He may be able to make a full recovery but it’s going to be the worst year of his life.”
The star heaped praise on his sister Deidra Dixon and daughter Corinne for “holding it down” so no one would see him. “They didn’t want you to see me like this and I didn’t want you to see me like this,” he told his fans.
He gestured that his head movements were a little unsteady after the stroke and his daughter was worried people would make memes out of him.
He said he woke up on 4 May 2023 and was in a wheelchair because he was unable to walk, and had no recollection as to why, adding he was initially in denial: “Jamie Foxx don’t get strokes.”
He revealed he later underwent rehabilitation in Chicago.
Foxx had been filming Netflix’s Back In Action alongside Cameron Diaz when he became ill.
Since then, he has spoken fondly of the support he received from his family but this is the first time he has given details about his condition.
Will Smith Wishes Jamie Foxx a Happy Early Birthday
American actor, Will Smith is shouting out Jamie Foxx as his new Netflix special begins streaming.
Will Smith, 56, shared a black-and-white photo of himself and Foxx, who turns 57 on December 13, to Instagram as he wished his friend a happy birthday and celebrated Foxx’s return to standup comedy in “What Had Happened Was…”
“First Off: Happy Early Bday, Foxx! I feel blessed to take another adventure around the Sun ☀️ with you. Second: I’m glad to see you back doing what you LOVE. Welcome home. I can’t wait to check it out.”
Will Smith
“Y’all go watch @iamjamiefoxx’s special on @netflix TODAY,” Smith added in the caption.
Foxx and Smith memorably costarred in director Michael Mann’s 2001 biopic Ali, in which Smith portrayed the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Foxx played Drew Bundini Brown, one of Ali’s personal trainers.
Smith was vocally supportive of Foxx on social media after Foxx first began sharing information about his condition following his health scare back in July 2023.
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