Jamie Foxx confirms he suffered brain bleed and stroke in near-death health emergency -Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro

The stroke happened last year, and this is the first time Jamie Foxx has talked about it (Picture: Lewis/Netflix)

Jamie Foxx has revealed he had a brain bleed that led to a stroke.

In his new Netflix special What Had Happened Was, Jamie, 56, spoke about the mysterious medical emergency that left him fighting for his life last year for the first time.

‘April 11, I was having a bad headache, and I asked my boy for Aspirin. I realized quickly that when you’re in a medical emergency, your boys don’t know what the f**k to do,’ Jamie joked.

‘I don’t remember 20 days,’ the Django Unchained star said, having entered the stage saying: ‘I’m back!’

On arrival to Atlanta’s Piedmont Hospital – just 400 yards away from the theatre he filmed the special in – in April last year a doctor told him that he was having a brain bleed that led to a stroke, and if they didn’t operate on him as soon as possible he would die.

Jamie explained that the doctor told his sister he could make a full recovery, but it was going to be the ‘worst year of his life’ which is why he disappeared from public life.

At the time, he had been filming the spy comedy Back In Action with 90s movie icon Cameron Diaz.

Jamie, who wore a golden locket chain and beige outfit, wiped his eyes as he walked on stage pumping up the crowd and said: ‘You don’t know how good this feels.’

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