American actor and comedian, Jamie Foxx has opened up about the most dangerous medical emergency he’s ever experienced.
Foxx revealed in his Netflix special, “Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was,” which was released on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 that his health scare last year began on April, 11, 2023, when he suffered a “bad headache.”
The comedian said he lost consciousness moments after asking for an aspirin to treat his headache. Foxx was hospitalised for a long time last year.
During the health incident, Foxx was hospitalised amid filming for a Netflix movie in Atlanta. His family declined to disclose details about the hospitalization, saying Foxx had suffered from a then-undisclosed “medical condition.”
However, in his Netflix special, Foxx said the health issue is still a “mystery.”
“April 11, I was having a bad headache and I asked my boy for an aspirin. And I realised quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f**k to do,” he said.
“Before I could get the aspirin I went out,” Foxx continued. “I don’t remember 20 days.”
The actor thanked his sister, who he said drove him around Atlanta to find a hospital. Foxx ended up at Piedmont Hospital, where doctors said he had suffered a brain bleed that had resulted in a stroke. Doctors noted he would die without an operation, Foxx recalled.
Following the operation, doctors said Foxx would likely make a full recovery “but it’s going to be the worst year of his life.”
Foxx said he remembers waking up on May 4 in a wheelchair and not being able to walk. He was shocked to find out he suffered a stroke.
“Jamie Foxx don’t get strokes,” the actor recalled saying.
Foxx was taken to Chicago for rehab, where he said he had to drop the “arrogant” act to make a full recovery. The actor said his family kept him out of the public eye to protect him from Internet reactions to his condition.
