Jamie Foxx.
Parrish Lewis/NetflixJamie Foxx He broke his silence during his new Netflix comedy about what led to his mysterious health scare — and how he's doing now.
Fox, 56, spoke about being hospitalized in the past while in the hospital Jamie Foxx: What happened waswhich premiered on Tuesday, December 10. Fox revealed that he suffered a brain hemorrhage that led to a stroke after suffering a severe headache in April 2023.
The special was originally taped in October — nearly two years after Foxx suffered medical complications during filming Back to work In Atlanta. his eldest daughter, Corinne FoxShe revealed at the time that “because of the quick procedure and great care” her father was “already on his way to recovery.” (Jimmy Corinne is involved with her ex Connie Klein. He also shares daughter Anelise, 15, with her ex-husband Christine Grannis.)
Multi-talented star! Jamie Foxx got his start in sketch comedy before becoming an Academy Award-winning actor. Foxx began playing piano at an early age, and went on to perform and lead the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in his hometown of Terrell, Texas. As a teenager, he excelled at basketball and football before choosing (…)
Jimmy has It remained pretty tight About the details of his health scare since then. In July 2023, the actor made a rare statement to clear up some of the rumors surrounding his condition.
“You know, through silence, things get out of hand sometimes, and people say what I got (and) some say I was blind, but as you can see the eyes work. The eyes work well!” he said in an Instagram video. “They said I was paralyzed, I'm not paralyzed, but I've been to hell and back, and my road to recovery was full of bumps, too. I'll come back and be able to work.”
Jimmy said he “went through something” that he believed “It will never pass.”
“I wanted you to see me laughing, having a good time partying, telling a joke, acting in a movie, or a TV show. I didn't want you to see me with tubes coming out of me and trying to figure out if I was going to make it,” he continued. “I can't tell you.” “How wonderful to feel your family like that and you all know that they kept it tight, they didn't let anything get out, they protected me, and that's what I hope everyone can get in moments like this.”
Earlier this year, Jimmy returned to the group him and Cameron DiazNext Netflix movie. He was also able to walk Corinne down the aisle in September During her wedding to Joe Houghton. Jimmy returned to the stage one month later for his first stand-up show since being released from hospital.
Jamie told fans at the time that his “heart and soul are filled with nothing but pure joy” after filming the Netflix special, which he said would give him “the chance to tell my side of the story.”
Keep scrolling for the biggest takeaways from the special:
What truly It happened
“We still don't know what happened to me,” Fox said during the special, describing how he suffered a severe headache on April 11, 2023. He asked a friend for some aspirin, but “before I could get the aspirin, it came out.”
“I don't remember 20 days. What they told me was that they took me to the first doctor, and that first doctor gave me a cortisone shot and sent me home.” “What is this? I don't know if you can give Yelps to doctors, but that's half a star, no, no,” he joked.
His sister asked for a second opinion
Fox shared how his younger sister, Deidra DixonDescribing him as “4 foot 11 and nothing but love”, he did not accept the first doctor's treatment. “Put him in the car,” she said. That's not my brother over there,” Fox recalled, explaining that his sister eventually took him to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
At the hospital, a doctor told the Oscar winner's sister: “He is suffering from a brain hemorrhage that led to a stroke.” “He said, 'If I don't get in his head now, we're going to lose him,'” Fox said.
He continued, saying, “They took me to undergo surgery, and my sister came outside the operating room and was praying the whole time,” adding jokingly that he “did not see the light,” but he “saw the tunnel.” He added: It was hot in the tunnel. (I thought) “Oh my God, am I going to the wrong place with this mother?”
Foxx reveals that he had a stroke
After surgery for a brain hemorrhage, the doctor told Fox's sister that he had suffered a stroke. “He may be able to make a full recovery, but it's going to be the worst year of his life,” the doctor told Fox's sister.
“That's what it was like, Atlanta. I finally got the story,” Fox said as he was overcome with emotion.
How his daughter helped in his recovery
“My vitals were so bad they thought they were going to pass me out,” Fox said of the first 15 days after the medical emergency. “Then a miracle happened, and that miracle was working through my youngest daughter,” he added, referring to 15-year-old Anneliese.
“I didn't want her to see me like that. His vitals settled down and she said, 'I know what my dad needs,'” Fox recalled. He then brought Anelise to the stage to play her guitar, Fox recalled.
Why did he disappear from people's eyes?
Fox praised his sister and daughter Corinne, 30, for their willingness to work after his stroke. “They caught me. “No one sees it!” He said: They cut everything off. “They didn't want you to see me that way and I didn't want you to see me that way. There's also another reason why my daughter didn't want anyone to see me. I was dizzy from the stroke. I was feeling so dizzy, my head was[shaking],” she said. “They're going to get out of this motherfucker.”
His recovery
Fox explained how he woke up from his coma 20 days later and found himself in a wheelchair. He initially struggled to accept the fact that he had had a stroke. “This is the old man,” I said. I don't get strokes. “Stop this damn joke,” he recalled.
“They flew me to Chicago for rehabilitation,” he continued. “I told every therapist who came, ‘Get the fuck out.’ I gave up.”
Eventually, a physical therapist named Holly gave him some tough love and got him started in rehab.
Atlanta saved his life…
“Just 400 yards from here, at Piedmont Hospital, they put me back in again. Hallelujah,” Fox said as he took the stage at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta.
But the Internet tried to kill him
“They said I was paralyzed. He said I couldn't walk. But look at me now,” he joked, dancing to Unk's “Walk It Out.”
Without missing a beat, Foxx started to joke about Recent accusations against Sean “Diddy” Combs – Especially his alleged “scary” parties.
“The Internet said Puffy tried to kill me. That's what the Internet was saying. I know what you're thinking: 'Did he do that?'” Fox said sarcastically. “Hell, naw, n-a. I left them partying early. I was out by 9, n-a. “Something doesn't seem right, n-a.” “It's slippery in here, n-a.”
Later, he detailed how he couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel while he was in a coma, and joked that he eventually saw Diddy. “I thought I saw the devil. Or was that bloated?” He said sarcastically. “I'm around. But if it was Buffy, he had a burning bottle of Johnson's and baby oil.”
