ACTOR and comedian Jamie Foxx has revealed a near-death experience he suffered last year was a brain bleed that caused a stroke.
His family announced in April 2023 he was in hospital in Atlanta recovering from a “medical complication”.
Now, Jamie, 56, has given details in a Netflix special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was . . ..
He said it started as a bad headache — before doctors told his sister about the brain bleed.
The Django Unchained star woke up 20 days after surgery.
He said: “It was kind of oddly peaceful. I was in that tunnel. It was hot in that tunnel.”
Foxx, who had been filming the Netflix spy action film Back In Action with Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz, recalls how he was treated at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta after suddenly falling ill.
He says it started as a “bad headache”, before he went to a doctor, where he received a “cortisone shot”, a steroid injection.
Foxx says his sister Deidra Dixon “knew something was wrong” as he was lethargic, and took him to the hospital.
“She didn’t know anything about Piedmont Hospital, but she had a hunch that some angels were in there,” he added.
“Atlanta saved my life.”
He added: “Twenty days I don’t remember, but on May 4 I woke up.”
Jamie Foxx breaks silence on mystery illness saying he was ‘gone for 20 days’
“When I woke up, I found myself in a wheelchair, I couldn’t walk.”
The Netflix special begins with his daughter, Corinne Foxx, welcoming her father to the stage, and saying: “This is a special moment for me and my family. It is a blessing to even be here.”
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