Hollywood star Jamie Foxx has revealed the cause of his hospital admission in April last year.
Speaking during a Netflix special, the Django Unchained star told the audience he’d suffered a “brain bleed that led to a stroke”.
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.
Doctors couldn’t locate the origin of the brain bleed.
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.”
The reason behind Jamie Foxx’s hospitalization in April of last year has been made public.
The Django Unchained star revealed to the audience during a Netflix special that he had experienced a “brain bleed that led to a stroke.”.
He claimed that he once had a severe headache and requested an aspirin, but before he could take it, he “went out (blacked out).”. I can’t recall 20 days.
Although his daughter Corinne Foxx claimed that he had suffered a “medical complication” at the time, the family withheld information regarding his health problems.
During an emotional conversation with the audience for Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was. captured in Atlanta, the city where he was employed when he became ill, Foxx claimed that after receiving a cortisone shot, medical personnel initially sent him home.
When his sister saw him, she thought he wasn’t himself, so she drove him to Piedmont Hospital.
A doctor then informed him that he was suffering from a brain bleed that had resulted in a stroke, saying, “We’re going to lose him if I don’t go in his head right now.”. “,”.
According to him, his sister prayed outside the operating room the entire time he was having surgery.
The source of the brain bleed was not found by the doctors.
Additionally, Foxx said to the audience, “I saw a tunnel, but I didn’t see the light. Your life doesn’t flash before your face. It was kind of oddly peaceful.”. “,”.
The joke he made was, “Am I going to the wrong place? It was hot in that tunnel.”.
According to Foxx, the doctor informed his family that although he might fully recover, this year would be the worst of his life. “,”.
The celebrity lavished praise on his daughter Corinne and sister Deidra Dixon for “holding it down” so that no one would notice him.
He told his fans, “They didn’t want you to see me like this and I didn’t want you to see me like this.”.
He indicated that following the stroke, his head movements were a little shaky and that his daughter was concerned that he would become the subject of memes.
“Jamie Foxx don’t get strokes,” he said, adding that he was initially in denial. He claimed that he woke up on May 4, 2023, unable to walk and in a wheelchair, and he had no memory of why. “..”.
He disclosed that he subsequently received treatment in Chicago.
When he fell ill, Foxx was working with Cameron Diaz on the Back In Action movie for Netflix.
Since then, he has talked positively about his family’s support, but this is the first time he has discussed his illness in detail.
