A year after bouncing back from his stroke, Jamie Foxx‘s 57th birthday celebration was cut short on Friday when the actor had to get stitches.
The Oscar winner was celebrating his birthday at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills when someone from another table threw a glass at him in a physical altercation, according to a statement shared by his publicist.
“Jamie Foxx was at his birthday dinner when someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth,” the rep said, according to CNN.
Instead, the incident involved a physical altercation between parties.” The altercation comes after Foxx’s Netflix special What Had Happened Was… dropped this week, detailing his brain bleed and resulting stroke last April.
He made his first public appearance after the stroke last December to accept the Critics Choice Association’s Vanguard Award.
The 57th birthday celebration of Jamie Foxx was interrupted on Friday when the actor needed stitches, a year after recovering from his stroke.
According to the statement released by his publicist, the Oscar winner was having a birthday celebration at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills when a glass was thrown at him by a patron from a different table, resulting in a physical altercation.
CNN reports that the representative stated, “Jamie Foxx was at his birthday dinner when someone from another table threw a glass that hit him in the mouth.”. “He’s recovering after needing stitches. Law enforcement is now handling the situation after the police were called. “”.
Someone reported a potential assault with a deadly weapon just after 10 p.m. on Friday, and the Beverly Hills Police Department is looking into the incident. Because officers “found that the reported assault with a deadly weapon was unfounded,” no arrests were made. Instead, there was a physical altercation between the parties involved in the incident. “”.
Following Foxx’s Netflix special What Had Happened Was…, which detailed his brain bleed and subsequent stroke last April, the altercation occurred. Following the stroke, he appeared in public for the first time last December to accept the Vanguard Award from the Critics Choice Association.
