(CNN) Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx has opened up about a medical emergency he faced last year, revealing that he suffered a brain bleed that led to a stroke.
The Hollywood star spoke at length about his health struggles last year in the Netflix special “Jamie Foxx: What Happened”, which was released on Tuesday.
“It’s a mystery,” he said. “I still don’t know exactly what happened to me.”
“On April 11th, I had a bad headache and asked my son for some aspirin. And when I had a medical emergency, my boys didn’t know what to do. “I realized it right away,” he said.
“I was out before I could get the aspirin,” he said. “I don’t remember anything about those 20 days.”
Fox thanked her “4-foot-11-inch sister, who had nothing but pure love,” for driving her all over Atlanta to find a hospital.
They were eventually taken to Piedmont Hospital, where doctors told Fox that he had suffered a brain bleed that was causing a stroke and that he would die without surgery.
After surgery, doctors said Fox might make a full recovery, but “this year is going to be the worst year of his life,” Fox said.
Fox’s family had kept him out of the public eye because he was “very dizzy” and his head was shaking, but his daughter said that if people saw his condition, people would post him online. Fox said he was worried it would turn into a meme.
On May 4, he remembers waking up in a wheelchair, unable to walk, and being shocked when a friend told him he had suffered a stroke.
“Jamie Foxx doesn’t have strokes,” the actor remembers saying.
He was then taken to Chicago for rehabilitation, where he was told to stop his “arrogant” behavior if he wanted to make a full recovery.
The actor suffered a then-undisclosed health crisis while filming a Netflix movie in Atlanta and was hospitalized in April 2023.
At the time of his hospitalization, his daughter Colin Fox said on social media that her father was suffering from “complications,” but sources close to his father have not commented on the actor’s condition, reflecting his desire for privacy. He remained silent for the most part.
In July 2023, Fox posted a video update on Instagram addressing the speculation that led to his hospitalization, but did not reveal what happened.
“I know a lot of you were up for an update and wanted to hear an update, but to be honest, I didn’t want you to see me like that,” he said in the video. spoke. “I want you to see me laughing, having a good time, partying, telling jokes, doing movies and TV shows. When my tube comes out and I wonder if I’ll survive… I didn’t want you to see me.”
Fox shared another health update on Verified social media in August 2023.
“You’re looking at a man who’s grateful… finally starting to feel the same…” he wrote at the time. “It’s been an unexpectedly dark journey…but I’ve seen some light.”
In a video shared to TikTok this summer, the “Ray” actor told a crowd of well-wishers that his symptoms started with a “terrible headache” that then “went away for 20 days.” In the video, he said, “I don’t remember anything.”
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