He’s again!
In his new Netflix comedy particular, “What Had Happened Was …,” Jamie Foxx revealed surprising new particulars about his headline-grabbing 2023 well being scare.
The Oscar winner, 56, mentioned that he had a “brain bleed that led to a stroke.”
“April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for a Aspirin. I realized quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f–k to do,” Foxx recalled.
“Before I could get the Aspirin [clicks his fingers] I went out. I don’t remember 20 days,” he added.
Foxx defined that his buddies took him to a physician in Atlanta the place he was given a cortisone shot and despatched house.
“What the f–k is that?” he mentioned. “I don’t know if you can do Yelps for doctors, but that’s half a star.”
The “Django Unchained” star revealed that his sister, Deidra Dixon, was nonetheless involved about his well being and introduced him to Piedmont Hospital.
At Piedmont, a physician informed Dixon the “horrible news” that Foxx was “having a brain bleed that has led to a stroke” and would die if he didn’t instantly go into surgical procedure.
Foxx mentioned it “was kind of oddly peaceful” being unconscious on the time. “I saw the tunnel. I didn’t see the light,” he mentioned, earlier than joking, It was scorching in that tunnel. Shit, am I going to the incorrect place on this motherf—er? As a result of I appeared on the finish of the tunnel, and I assumed I noticed the Satan like, ‘C’mon.’ Or is that Puffy [Sean Combs]?”
After his surgical procedure, medical doctors informed Foxx’s sister that he “may be able to make a full recovery, but it’s going to be the worst year of his life.” Foxx added, “That’s what it was.”
Foxx revealed that he awoke on Could 4, 2023 and found he was in a wheelchair, which he couldn’t comprehend. He mentioned he refused to be bathed by the nurses throughout his restoration. “I couldn’t wipe my own ass,” Foxx mentioned.
“What Had Happened Was …” was filmed in October throughout a three-show stint in Atlanta, which additionally occurred to be the place he was hospitalized final 12 months.
After the exhibits had been recorded, two people who attended the performances got here ahead claiming that Foxx mentioned Sean “Diddy” Combs was allegedly chargeable for his hospitalization and that he known as the FBI on the mogul.
Nevertheless, one attendee informed Web page Six that Foxx denied Diddy was chargeable for his medical issues. “People keep asking me if Diddy was responsible,” the particular person claimed Foxx mentioned. “He was not responsible. If he was, I would’ve been dead.”
Combs was arrested in September on costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. In an unsealed indictment, US Attorneys accused the rapper of internet hosting “freak off” intercourse events the place he would allegedly power ladies to have intercourse with male prostitutes, typically plying them with medication, whereas he recorded the periods.
Foxx beforehand peppered the general public with just a few particulars in regards to the “medical complication” he suffered earlier than his comedy particular.
“Some people said I was blind. But as you can see, the eyes are working. The eyes are working just fine,” he mentioned in an Instagram video posted in July 2023. “I’m not paralyzed. But I went to hell and back, and my road to recovery had some potholes as well. But I’m coming back, and I’m able to work.”
Throughout an awards celebration final 12 months, Fox reportedly revealed that he “couldn’t actually walk” with out help six months prior.
Earlier this 12 months, Foxx informed a gaggle of individuals in Phoenix, “Look, April 11 last year, bad headache, asked my boy for an Advil. I was gone for 20 days.”
On Monday, Foxx earned a Golden Globe nomination for his new comedy particular.
Foxx has one other Netflix mission on the horizon, “Back in Action,” an motion comedy by which he and Cameron Diaz star as a pair of suburban spies. The film drops early subsequent 12 months.
Foxx was filming the flick when his well being scare occurred.
“What Had Happened Was …” is now out there to stream on Netflix.
