In his new Netflix comedy special, « What Had Happened Was, » Jamie Foxx reveals he had a brain bleed and a stroke.
Jamie Foxx fans might need a tissue for this special and not just to wipe away tears from laughing so hard.
In his new Netflix special What Had Happened Was, the Academy Award winner finally explains the « medical emergency » that landed him in the hospital.
The backstory: In April 2023, while filming the movie Back In Action in Atlanta, Foxx collapsed and then spent 20 days in the hospital. « I went to hell and back », he explained in a heartfelt Instagram video after being released.
But Foxx, his family and associates were mum on the details because he « didn’t want his fans to see him like that. »‘Atlanta saved my life, but the Internet tried to kill me’
What happened: In the Netflix special, Foxx says that on April 11, 2023, he had a « bad headache », and then he was « out » and doesn’t remember anything about the next 20 days. He says it was his sister who took him to Piedmont Hospital, where a doctor told her Foxx had a « brain bleed that led to a stroke » and that « If I don’t go into his head, we’re gonna lose him. »
« You can go in his head but you ain’t gonna find nothin' », Foxx jokes, quoting his sister’s response.
