Jamie Foxx finally revealed that the mystery illness that led to him being in a coma for more than two weeks in 2023 was “a brain bleed that led to a stroke.”
During Foxx’s new Netflix special “What Had Happened Was,” the 56-year-old comedian became emotional at times, as he admitted doctors still “don’t know exactly what happened” to him, but were able to identify that he suffered a stroke a year ago, NPR reported.
Foxx said that on the day it happened, he was dealing with a “bad headache,” and then he was “out,” not recalling anything that happened for the next 20 days. He credited his sister, Deidre Dixon, for realizing something was wrong and getting him to the hospital right away.
WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS – Midnight tonight on @netflix
Thank you all for the love & prayers 🦊 pic.twitter.com/WkY5rbuUQx
— Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) December 10, 2024
The Award-winning actor said a “cool doctor in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey” told Dixon that her brother was “having a brain bleed that has led to a stroke, and if I don’t go into his head right now, we’re going to lose him.”
Foxx said after the